Vermont Cheese | Facts & Numbers
How many cheeseburgers you can make with 38 pounds of cheese? We do the math on the Vermont cheese industry with this fun collection of Vermont cheese facts and numbers.
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Vermont Cheese | Facts & Numbers
8/11/19
Date of annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival in Shelburne, VT
1:13,000
Ratio of Vermont cheese makers to residents (more per capita than in any other U.S. state)
$700M
Annual value of Vermont cheese
150+
Different varieties of cheeses made in Vermont
280
Length in miles of the Vermont Cheese Trail, which stops at more than 40 cheese makers
5
Years running that Vermont cheeses have won Best in Show prizes at the American Cheese Society contest
27
Number of Vermont cheese businesses owned and operated by women
1882
Date of founding of Crowley Cheese Factory (oldest cheese factory in the state) in Healdville, VT
100
Years since Cabot Creamery Cooperative was founded in Cabot, VT
5
Years needed to age Cabot’s Centennial Cheddar (currently the longest-aged Vermont cheese)
$399.95
Cost of a 38-pound wheel of aged cheddar at the Vermont Country Store
600
Estimated number of cheeseburgers you can make with 38 pounds of cheese
