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Aspiring cheesemaker? Check out this scholarship!

A $2,500 scholarship from Wisconsin Cheese Originals can help aspiring cheesemakers get licensed in the Badger State.

Wisconsin is the only state in the nation to require cheesemakers to be licensed, a lengthy process that can take as long as 18 months, requires the attendance at five cheesemaking courses, and 240 hours of apprenticeship with an existing licensed Wisconsin cheesemaker.

The 2014 Wisconsin Cheese Originals Beginning Cheesemaker Scholarship will help one aspiring cheesemaker earn his or her Wisconsin license and make new artisan, farmstead or specialty cheeses.

Applications are due March 20, 2014 and can be downloaded at WisconsinCheeseOriginals.com.

For more information, contact Jeanne Carpenter, 608-358-7837 or email [email protected] .