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[[File:Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery.jpg|thumb|Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery]] '''Sue Conley''' is the co-founder of [[Cowgirl Creamery]] along with [[Peggy Smith]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://foodgps.com/qa-with-cowgirl-creamery-co-founder-sue-conley/|title=Interview: Cowgirl Creamery founder Sue Conley|date=2010-11-01|work=Food GPS|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en-US}}</ref> |
[[File:Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery.jpg|thumb|Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery]] '''Sue Conley''' is the co-founder of [[Cowgirl Creamery]] along with [[Peggy Smith]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://foodgps.com/qa-with-cowgirl-creamery-co-founder-sue-conley/|title=Interview: Cowgirl Creamery founder Sue Conley|date=2010-11-01|work=Food GPS|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:09, 18 September 2018
Sue Conley is the co-founder of Cowgirl Creamery along with Peggy Smith.[1]
Both women are credited with their roles as catalysts of Northern California's artisan cheese industry.[2] In 2006, along with Smith, she won a James Beard award for "significant and lasting achievements and contributions to the food and beverage industry for ten or more years."[3]
Early life
Conley was born in Washington, D.C., where her grandfather managed the cafeteria Sholl's Colonial.[4] She attended the University of Tennessee, where she met Smith.[5]
Work
After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1976, Conley worked in restaurants before co-founding Bette's Oceanview Diner.[6] After selling her shares in Bette's Oceanview Diner, she co-founded Tomales Bay Foods, a distributor and marketer of West Marin-produced foods, and Cowgirl Creamery, a manufacturer and distributor of artisan cheese, along with Smith.[7] Conley has credited her travels to Europe as well as Peggy Smith's work at Chez Panisse as amplifying their interest in regional, artisan food production.[8]
According to Conley, they founded the cheese-making company as a way of creating a product which showcased the organic milk produced by Albert Straus at Straus Family Creamery: "We saw the need to showcase great quality organic milk. The farm economy could not survive the state it was in, so we saw a need to preserve land in agriculture."[9]
Conley is a member of the California Artisan Cheese Guild. With Smith, she wrote Cowgirl Creamery Cooks.[10]
In 2016, Conley and Smith sold Cowgirl Creamery to Emmi, a Swiss dairy firm.[11]
Bibliography
- Smith, P.; Conley, S.; Hamilton, H. (2013). Cowgirl Creamery Cooks. Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-4521-2632-6. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
References
- ^ "Interview: Cowgirl Creamery founder Sue Conley". Food GPS. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Sale of Cowgirl Creamery includes Marin outlet". Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "2006 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees on StarChefs.com". www.starchefs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ "Sue Conley". Lexicon of Food. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "How to Start a Culture: Meet the Matriarchs behind Cowgirl Creamery". The Bold Italic. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Cowgirl Creamery: Two Women at the Top of Their Game". 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Women in Business 2014: Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, Cowgirl Creamery and Tomales Bay Foods". The North Bay Business Journal. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ Holbrook, Stett. "Praise Cheeses". North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ "Interview: Cowgirl Creamery Owners Sue Conley & Peggy Smith | PBS Food". PBS Food. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ Donnelly, C.; Kehler, M. (2016). The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-19-933090-4. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Sale of Cowgirl Creamery includes Marin outlet". Retrieved 2017-04-28.