PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Jill Jones, Director of Marketing, Crowley Cheese Co.
Phone:  802-259-2340
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2009

Crowley Cheese Company Resumes Production and Sales of Its Signature Cheese

HEALDVILLE, VT. Crowley Cheese Company, Inc., Vermont, the country’s oldest cheese factory, resumed sale of its traditional, artisanal cheese. Cheese is now available for sale at the historic Crowley Cheese Factory in Healdville, Vermont, and on the company’s website, www.crowleycheese.com.

Crowley was forced to suspend production last year, during the economic downturn. Crowley’s re-launch has been facilitated by new lead investors, Galen and Jill Jones. Galen, a management consultant, is applying his experience and expertise in strategic planning, finance, and operations to Crowley’s production and operations. Jill, a former marketing executive, is taking the lead on revitalizing Crowley’s sales and marketing efforts.

Both Joneses have a passion for quality cheese as well as an enduring appreciation for the traditional Vermont way of life. They are committed to ensuring the quality and consistency of Vermont’s oldest, and perhaps best known, artisanal cheese. The Joneses plan to increase Crowley’s visibility and popularity in the burgeoning Vermont artisanal cheese industry by capitalizing on Crowley’s well-known name and solid reputation among generations of cheese-lovers.

Crowley Cheese is still made in the same way it was in 1824, using all natural ingredients and no automation, by the team that’s been on board for many years: Cindy Dawley, Manager; Ken Hart, Cheesemaker, and Kimberly Farrar, Cheesemaker’s Assistant. You can visit the Crowley Factory (listed on the National Historic Register) in Healdville most weekdays, to watch cheese being made the old-fashioned way.

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