Michael Rogers, vice president of communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, does an SBAM Leadership Council profile of Susan Kurta, owner of Boss Mouse Cheese. Sue Kurta took up cheese making as a hobby while living on the east coast, prior to returning to her home state of Michigan. That hobby became a passion, and she furthered her education in cheese making with courses and workshops in Vermont, and an apprenticeship on an organic goat farm in rural Maine. Boss Mouse Cheese is made one wheel at a time on an historic 1867 Michigan Centennial farm, using pasteurized, grass-fed cow’s milk. Combining traditional techniques with modern recipes, Boss Mouse offers a variety of aged cheeses and their legendary smoked butter.