Grafton Village Cheese today announced the appointment of Sabrina Kliman as Food Safety Supervisor. Grafton Cheese produces award-winning aged Vermont cheddar and specialty cheeses and is a mission-driven business of the nonprofit Windham Foundation.
In her new role, Kliman is responsible for maintenance of all food safety and quality programs for Grafton Cheese's facilities in Grafton and Brattleboro. As a member of the plant management team, she actively engages with plant management and plant personnel regarding plant operations and processes, especially those related to quality assurance and policy.
Prior to her appointment at Grafton Cheese, she served as a senior quality control lab technician at Shire Human Genetic Therapies in Massachusetts, and worked in the Water Division at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. For the past two years, Kliman served with AmeriCorps*VISTA in Denver, Colo. and Racine, Wisc. focusing on fighting poverty within the US through service.
Kliman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Skidmore College. Originally from Massachusetts, she is now residing in Southern Vermont.
Grafton Village Cheese of Grafton, Vt., was founded in 1892 as the Grafton Cooperative Cheese Company, which converted surplus milk from local dairy farmers into cheese. Today, Grafton Cheese makes aged cheddar and specialty cheeses by hand that are recognized for its quality and taste on a worldwide scale. The company produces two Grafton branded lines in Grafton and in Brattleboro, Vt. using milk from small family farms: the Grafton Village line of aged cheddars and the Cave Aged line of specialty cheeses. Grafton Cheese is a mission driven business of the nonprofit Windham Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting Vermont’s rural communities. More on Grafton Cheese can be found at GraftonVillageCheese.com, Twitter and Instagram @graftoncheese and Facebook/graftonvillagecheese.
Headquartered in Grafton, Vermont, the Windham Foundation is an operating foundation engaged in philanthropic, charitable and educational activities. Since its inception in 1963, its mission is to promote the vitality of Grafton and Vermont’s rural communities through its philanthropic and educational programs and its subsidiaries whose operations contribute to these endeavors. The Foundation is the owner of Grafton Village Cheese Co., the Grafton Inn and the Retreat Farm.