Our April 2011 meeting was hosted by Anne Bossi and Bob Bowen of Sunset Acres Creamery in Brooksville. We had a tour of their *working* cheese room (curds scooped and draining as we looked in), learned about how they try to control humidity in their cheese caves, and saw how they heat their water so efficiently that they no longer need solar hot water panels! Plus lots of discussion on a variety of topics, among them them the pending legislation around dairy and raw milk sales, hooking up milk producers with cheese makers, hooking up retailers with cheese producers, and hooking up young cheesemakers with land and facilities to make more Maine cheese, which the market is demanding…
Intro to Cheesemaking Workshop at Morris Farm March 12-13
The Morris Farm in Wiscasset will be hosting a beginning cheesemaking workshop on March 12th and 13th 2011. The class will be taught by cheesemaker Jessie Dowling of Appleton Creamery. We’ll be making feta, jack, 30 min mozzerella, yogurt and more! You can email themorrisfarm@gmail.com to sign up, or for more information. More about the Morris Farm check out: themorrisfarm.org.
Free KTA Belfast Business Managment Workshops
The Knowledge Transfer Alliance, an offshoot of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will put on a free day of business management workshops in Belfast at the Hutchinson Center.
No Sign-up Needed: just show up for the sessions you’re interested in. The computer room will be available in a “Salad Bar” mode — just bring your questions (specific or general) and someone will try to help you.
Topics for this day of workshops devoted to helping Maine agricultural businesses grow include:
–Quickbooks Introduction, and Specific Topics
–Building Your Budget and Record Keeping in Excel
–Setting Your Vision and Sticking To It
–Marketing Tips, including Using Internet Marketing and Social Networking
Download a PDF Document here with the full schedule of workshops.