Happy Anniversary CMAB![]() This year marks the 40th anniversary of the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB). Formed in 1969, the CMAB was created as a vehicle to promote California dairy products to consumers. Over the past four decades, the CMAB has worked hard to drive awareness and demand for California’s wide range of dairy products -- Learn More >> |
Real California Cheese Turns 25! Since its adoption in 1984, the Real California Cheese seal has taken the country by storm! Born from an effort to promote California’s booming cheese industry, the seal’s certification mark was created to assure consumers were purchasing natural cheese made in California exclusively with milk sourced from California’s dairy families. |


Prized for its delicious taste, Monterey Jack is a descendant of a cheese produced in the California missions more than 200 years ago.
Since its adoption in 1984, the Real California Cheese seal has taken the country by storm! Born from an effort to promote California’s booming cheese industry, the seal’s certification mark was created to assure consumers were purchasing natural cheese made in California exclusively with milk sourced from California’s dairy families.
Learn more about our heritage from the farmers and families behind the Real California Milk and Real California Cheese seals
When “Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet and ate her curds and whey,” she was actually eating cottage cheese. Cottage Cheese stems back to the early Greeks and Egyptians and has been a long-time favorite food in Europe, and now it’s a popular staple in the United States.