THE MOOOS is always asked…WHAT IS THE CALIFORNIA CHEESE & BUTTER ASSOCIATION?

Any person, company or organization engaged in the manufacture, sale, promotion or distribution of cheese or butter in the State of California may become a regular member of the Association.

If your membership is not current, please contact the California Cheese & Butter Association office. Renewal forms went out in November 1997 and again January 1998.

The California Cheese & Butter Association has officers and a board. It has recently changed. Our 1st Vice President, Dick Scola, resigned because of a career change. He is a dedicated supporter of CCBA and did a lot of things to help the association grow in a positive direction. Our current slate is:

President - Rob Willardson - Schreiber Foods
1^st Vice President - Jean Hendrix - Masson Cheese Corp.
2^nd Vice President - Tom Ditto - Challenge Dairy Products.
Treasurer - Joanne Mesta - John J. Wollak Company, Inc.

Northern California Board Members

Michael Boggeri - J. Boggeri Company, Inc.
Jeff Strah - Sorrento Cheese Company
Len Waters - Stella Cheese Co. - Gardenia

Southern California Board Members

The Association has an annual spring convention, at which members review the current status and future prospects of their industry. This year the convention is April 23, 24, & 25^th in Southern California at the L’Auberge Resort and Spa in lovely Del Mar, California. For more information call Jean Hendrix, convention chairperson at 800.637.7262

The Association also maintains a scholarship fund for annual awards to students in dairy related studies at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo or University of California in Davis. This scholarship was recently named The W. Douglas Johnstone Scholarship in honor of Doug who was our chairperson for many years and passed away in 1996. Each year we award a $1000.00 scholarship. For more information or to make a donation please call the California Cheese & Butter Association office at 415.381.6791

The HISTORY of the California Cheese & Butter Association, from its founding in the early part of this century to the present day, parallels the evolution of quality dairy products in California. One of the first actions of a small band of cheese manufactures and state and university officials, meeting in the Oakland Auditorium Building on October 30, 1923, was to declare war on sub-standard cheese products. Their declared goal: to introduce uniformly high standards to the cheese industry.

That meeting marked the first time in this country that industry, government and university representatives had joined forces to pursue a common goal. In 1940, when the organization incorporated and changed its name from the California Cheese Association to the California Cheese & Butter Association, that sense of partnership remained.

Today’s CCBA, representing companies from all over the world, has expanded to include all segments of the cheese and butter industry - manufacturing, sales, promotion and distribution.

Jean Hendrix of Masson Cheese Corporation has been promoted to Vice President!! Congratulations!!!! She is California Cheese & Butter Associations 1^st Vice President and will be our President in 1999.

Don’t forget to check out the California Cheese & Butter Association web site at: www.cacheeseandbutter.org or email us at: radha@cacheeseandbutter.org