Acknowledgements

This project would simply never be if it had not been nourished from the very onset from an array of communities.  Therefore, we would like to recognize and express our sincere gratitude to the many people who have nourished our collaboration.    

First, to the filmmakers and stars of their films: thank you for sharing these stories with us. 

A special thanks to all the students from the 2017 Food, Culture and Communications course and the associated Comté cheese practicum, with a special tip of our hat to Comté professionals  Claire Perrot (taste education), “Tas” Marmier (farmer)  and Eric Chemalier (cheese ager).  Every once in a while we are lucky enough to participate in an adventure that is transformative for all involved, and the Comté trip in 2017 was just such an experience.