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Jul 20, 2022
Pennsylvania is rapidly losing its farms. A U.S. Department of Agriculture census showed that over the five-year period from 2012 to 2017, 6,000 farms closed down — a 10% decrease. This same census also showed a 6% drop in the amount of the state’s total farm acreage. These days, it is challenging to manage a...
Apr 13, 2022
In 2001, a handful of Goot Essa staffers packed a truck with 100 gift assortment baskets and drove down to Washington D.C. for their first ever event. They had hoped to break into a big market and start putting their cheesemaking business on the map.  The staff set up tables in the lobby of an...
Mar 22, 2022
Retailers report that U.S. consumers spend nearly a billion dollars on chocolate just during the Easter holiday season. When everyone else is gifting chocolate by the truckload, Goot Essa can help you send a gift basket with something different: European-style, artisan cheeses made with milk sourced from our Amish partner farms in Pennsylvania. Of course...
Oct 30, 2021
Give the gift of delicious taste this Christmas season with Goot Essa’s cheese gift baskets. Choose from small, medium, and large baskets featuring our artisan cheeses, as well as jams, spreads, mustards, fudge, and meats. You can also buy individual products or customize a gift basket to make it the right fit for your needs...