Cooperative is honored for impressive sales growth while caring for all of its stakeholders. Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is Dairy Foods’ winner of the 2022 Processor of the Year award. The award will be handed out at a special presentation Jan. 23 during the International Dairy Show in Orlando, Fla. TCCA is being recognized with the award for several…
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Holiday Happenings: Tillamook Creamery Offers Fun Events – Wreath-Making & Holiday Crafts
Tillamook County Creamery Association has some fun community offerings happening at the Creamery in December. Below are details about two upcoming holiday-themed experiences: Holiday Wreath Workshops: December 3 & 17 The Creamery is partnering with Coy & Co. Curatorial Floral to host wreath making workshops on two Saturdays in December. Each attendee will receive complimentary treats and materials to create…
BOOK REVIEW: Cheese War
By Jim Heffernan Cheese War is a book written mainly about a tumultuous time in Tillamook County between 1962 and 1968. It was written by a pair of sisters who lived through those years as teenagers. The book also includes a generous amount of history before and after that period of strife. I found the book interesting and entertaining. I…
Tillamook County Creamery Association Announces Recent Wins from the World Cheese Awards and the National Milk Producers Federation
The 113-Year-Old Dairy Co-Operative Continues to Produce Internationally Recognized, Award-Winning Products Made with Unwavering Values and Real Ingredients TILLAMOOK, Ore., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Oregon-based farmer-owned co-operative, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), announced today that the Tillamook® brand recently received three bronze awards at the World Cheese Awards and five top honors from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). The World Cheese Awards – a truly global cheese event…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES CLIMATE ACTION GOALS AND PLAN FOR PROGRESS
By the Tillamook County Creamery Association TCCA is adopting a multi-faceted approach to its climate action plan involving its facilities and fleet, on-farm practices and packaging. For example, here’s some of the work we (including TCCA’s farmer-owners) are doing to help us work towards our goal: FACILITIES & FLEET: As part of the Climate Action Plan, TCCA will invest in…
Tillamook County Creamery Association CEO Op/Ed: ‘Preserve’ your culture at your own peril
EDITOR’S NOTE: This op/ed by TCCA CEO Patrick Criteser appeared on Fortune.com, and was shared on social media. We reached out to request sharing it with our readers because the messages about TCCA’s way of doing business, made us proud to call Tillamook County our home, where the best dairy products come from … and much more! Thank you TCCA…
Tillamook County Creamery Association Offers Scholarships to Local Students
Completed Applications Due April 15 TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 22, 2022 — The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) will offer 10 scholarships in the amount of $2,500 to students in Tillamook and Morrow counties this year as part of its 20th annual Excellence in Leadership scholarship program. TCCA seeks to recognize outstanding students of all backgrounds who demonstrate leadership through service to their school and community…
Senators Wyden, Lee “Bet” On Oregon-Utah Game
The real winners of the “wager” between the two senators on Saturday’s college football game will be hunger-fighting efforts in both states Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced he and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) have placed a friendly “wager” on Saturday’s college football game between Oregon and Utah, with the winners of the “bet” being the community members facing food insecurity in…
Tillamook County Creamery Association Continues Commitment to the Future of Farming with New “All For Farmers” Coalition
Coalition Partner Food52 to Debut Online Market to Raise Funds for Farmers TILLAMOOK, Ore., Sept. 20, 2021 — For the second consecutive year, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) announces its All For Farmers initiative to help support farmers facing financial hardship across the country. This year, the 112-year-old farmer-led and owned dairy co-operative is announcing the All For Farmers Coalition, a group of like-minded partners joining…
OBITUARY: Gordon Thompson Poole (March 20, 1926 – May 21, 2021)
GORDON THOMPSON POOLE Gordon Thompson Poole of Lake Oswego, son of Nellie [Thompson] and Kenneth Poole, was born on March 20, 1926 in Portland and passed away on May 21, 2021 having already celebrated his 95th birthday. Gord attended Duniway grade school in Eastmoreland and in 1942 moved to Tillamook where his father Ken Clifford Poole owned and operated a…
