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https://culturecheesemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ME-Alfred-le-Fermier_1st-Place.jpg620350At the 2025 American Cheese Society Annual Judging & Competition, a hush fell over the ballroom full of cheese professionals. Who would win Best of Show? It turned out that Quebec-based Fromagerie La Station’s raw-milk farmstead cheese won First—for the second year in a row—with Vermont’s Jasper Hill Farm placing Second Best of Show, and Ontario’s Stonetown Artisan Cheese taking Third. The results mirrored those from 2024, when the top three winners hailed from two Canadian makers and one American maker. So the new question on everyone’s mind is: What’s up with Canadian cheese?