The new plant includes two vats, a pasteurizer, cheese compress, curd mill, packaging sealer, walk-in coolers, a sub-zero freezer for cultures and a testing lab.
CannonBelles just months away from having own home for cheesemaking
CannonBelles Cheese, owned by Deeann Lufkin, Jackie Ohmann and Kathy Hupf, is an artisan cheese company based out of Cannon Falls, Minn., where it recently broke ground on its own cheese plant. For nearly eight years the three female owners were making cheese in different locations. 10:00 am, Dec. 14, 2020 ×
CannonBelles Cheese, owned by Deeann Lufkin, Jackie Ohmann and Kathy Hupf, recently broke ground on its own cheese plant in Cannon Falls, expected to be open by summer. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
CANNON FALLS, Minn. On somewhat of a whim in 2012, Deeann Lufkin and Jackie Ohmann decided to start making cheese in Ohmann s kitchen.