Mark Newbold, cheesemaker, Coach Farm Inc., Pine Plains, N.Y.
First food-related job?In the quality control department at a green and wax bean canning factory.
Where did you learn to make cheese?I learned the principles of cheesemaking from Frank Kosikowski in the fermented foods course he taught at Cornell University. My first hands-on cheesemaking experience was with Linda Smith, the owner of Sherman Hills goat farm in Franklin, N.Y.