Our meeting in February took place at Spring Day Creamery in Durham, recent ACS Award winner for their blue cheese! Besides attending to updates on our workshops planned for March and April, the meeting focused on Distribution: Issues, Questions, Experiences.
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Posts about Workshops, Meetings, Festivals and conferences with a focus on cheese, dairy and agriculture.
Farm Business Skills Retreat
Interested in improving your farm’s financial and production recordkeeping?
Want to connect with your customers on Facebook? Lacking the time and expertise to learn these skills?
Participate in The Farm Business Skills Weekend Retreat
Friday evening, March 9th thru Sunday noon, March 11th
Hosted by Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society and Knowledge Transfer Alliance
Bangor Motor Inn, Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine
REGISTRATION: To register, please contact Andrew Files of the Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society at 207.843.7581 or [email protected]. Space is limited, so register early!!
COST: The cost of the Weekend Retreat is $190 (for those lodging at the Bangor Motor Inn) and $50 (for those with other lodging arrangements). Lunch and dinner on Saturday, as well as snacks and refreshments throughout the weekend, will be provided.
Click here to download a PDF with all the event information.
Meeting: Maine Agricultural Trade Show
The Guild met at the Augusta Civic Center on the first day of the annual Maine Agricultural Trade Show with a good group of members and non-members alike, featuring a visit by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (US House member for Maine’s 1st district) who is also a member of the Agriculture Committee, and is working hard to include small farm assistance in the upcoming renewal of the Farm Bill. We also discussed our upcoming workshops, and decided to offer scholarships for them before opening the floor to questions and/or comments from old and new cheese makers alike.