{"id":3394,"date":"2023-04-24T18:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/?page_id=3394"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:04:25","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3394\" class=\"elementor elementor-3394\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3198891 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3198891\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4e70bb\" data-id=\"f4e70bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fe1a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7fe1a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Story<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3406d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3406d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d98911\" data-id=\"4d98911\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bdf162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19bdf162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In 1903, Hiram and Grace Potter set down roots in Charlevoix, Michigan to raise their family of twelve children. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78dc2047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78dc2047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Just under a mile away, also in 1903, Edward and Grace Boss found land to settle on with their family of six children.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Potter and Boss families originated in the Netherlands, and the strong Dutch work ethic continues through the generations. Living in times of scarcity and through the Great Depression, the families each had a small farm to feed their families.<\/p>\n<p>As time continued, Richard (son of Hiram and Grace) and Christine Klooster Potter bought a nearby farm in 1934. Richard and his son, Robert, began to grow the farm by raising vegetables for the local canning factory and expanded into raising turkeys for eggs and meat in the 1940s. Robert (Bob) married MaeZella (Mazie) Shaw and added dairy cattle while raising their six daughters, one of whom is Judy. This location is where the main dairy operations of Boss Dairy Farms and Charlevoix Cheese Company are located today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d642a72 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d642a72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c98441a\" data-id=\"c98441a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d660653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d660653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-600x777.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a024be2\" data-id=\"a024be2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ac7ea9 elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74ac7ea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"1678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3425\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-1186x1536.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-600x777.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Edward-Boss-Family-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Edward-Boss-Family-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Edward-Boss-Family-600x477.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Edward Boss Family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f6b8efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f6b8efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1136\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hiram-Potter-Family-3-600x377.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1136px) 100vw, 1136px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hiram Potter Family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Richard-Potter-Family-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Richard-Potter-Family-600x426.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1764px) 100vw, 1764px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Richard Potter Family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2df54ef elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2df54ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84813d6\" data-id=\"84813d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b60c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46b60c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Oats-600x777.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-454ad9f\" data-id=\"454ad9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec12762 elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec12762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"1678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3425\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-1186x1536.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turkeys-1-600x777.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-536b006 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile_extra elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"536b006\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d01bf4\" data-id=\"9d01bf4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d342d elementor-widget-widescreen__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57d342d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On the Boss homestead, Edward and Grace passed on the farm to their son Lawrence who together with wife Jeanette DeYoung Boss raised animals and an abundant garden with their three children, one of whom is Wilson (Bud).<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270db85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270db85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These two families were joined by the marriage of Judy Potter and Bud Boss in 1977.\u00a0 Today, Hiram\u2019s great-granddaughter Judy Potter Boss and husband Bud live in the original Potter farmhouse on Potter Road.\u00a0 Although it no longer has the original straw-filled mattresses of those early years, the expanded farmhouse features beams and a fireplace mantel from the original barn.<\/p><p>Over the past four decades, Bud and Judy have worked tirelessly and combined the farms into the present operation, encompassing 900 acres and 250 milking cows. Since 1991, the farm has been known as Boss Dairy Farms. Bud has continuously researched optimum farming practices and incorporated them through the years, adding an automated milking parlor, state-of-the-art animal husbandry, sophisticated building designs, and soil-saving crop techniques.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9a0986 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9a0986\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb56b4\" data-id=\"6eb56b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df313e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df313e3\" 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After in-depth research into value-added markets, the decision was made to produce farmstead artisan cheese, and Charlevoix Cheese Company was born.<\/p><p>A true farm-to-product system, the cheese is made with milk exclusively from the herd of Holstein cattle. Milk is pumped from the milk tank via a pipeline, elevated over fourteen feet in the air, directly into the pasteurizer and cheese vat to begin making cheese. Each step of the process builds upon fertile soil, planting and harvesting corn and hay to feed the cows, milking healthy cows in a high-tech setting, and results in production of Grade A milk to make the artisanal cheese. Charlevoix Cheese Company\u2019s goal is to offer the highest possible quality end product. We take milk from the cow to cheese in just eight hours &#8211; it doesn\u2019t get much fresher than that!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a669e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a669e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Environmentally-Friendly.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-3444\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Environmentally-Friendly.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/www.charlevoixcheese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Environmentally-Friendly-300x210.jpg 300w, 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