The ProCheese Awards and the Swiss-Ukrainian programme "Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine" (QFTP) are launching a support programme for craft cheesemakers.
According to the festival’s organizers on Facebook, the initiative is part of the ProCheese Awards 2025 and is aimed at helping small-scale cheese producers:
- Learn marketing skills — through an online school focused on promotion, branding, and communications.
- Receive a grant to participate in ProCheese Awards — 20 cheesemakers will get a spot at the cheese market during the festival and the opportunity to present up to 3 cheeses in the national competition.
Priority will be given to:
- Producers from war-affected regions (Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odessa, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions);
- Veteran-owned businesses;
- First-time participants in competitions;
- Cheesemakers with valid documentation and official registration.
