Steve Jenkins thinks women make the best cheesemakers, especially when it comes to goat and sheep cheese. Here are some of his favorites:

Liz Parnell
Fromagerie Belle Chevre
26910 Bethel Road
Elkmont, AL 35620
800-735-2238
Chèvre de Provence and fromage blanc

Cindy Major
Major Farm
RFD 3, Box 265
Putney, VT 05346
802-387-4473
Aged sheep's-milk cheese

Judy Schad
Capriole, Inc.
P.O. Box 117
Greenville, IN 47124
812-923-9408
800-448-4628
Fresh and aged goat's-milk cheeses

Rose Parsons
Coach Farm
105 Mill Hill Road
Pine Plains, NY 12567
518-398-5325
Rose's fresh and aged goat's-milk cheeses are now sold at London's Neal Yard Dairy.

Mary Falk
Love Tree Farms
12413 City Road Z
Grantsburg, WI 54840
715-488-2966
lovetree@win.bright.net
Mary Falk works cedar boughs into the rind of her Trade Lake Cedar Sheep Cheese.