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Posts about Workshops, Meetings, Festivals and conferences with a focus on cheese, dairy and agriculture.

Maine Cheese Guild at Common Ground Fair

Visit us at The Fair

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Maine Cheese Guild members will be chatting up the visitors at the Common Ground Country Fair again this year from September 20th through 22nd. Stop by their booth in the Agricultural Products section and taste and talk Maine cheese and cheesemaking.

The Guild is also offering a demo–Cheesemaking in the Home Kitchen in the Country Kitchen Demo area on Sunday, September 22, 10 to 11:30 am. Learn to make some simple cheeses in your home kitchen using raw milk and simple recipes. Learn about the science, and witness the magic of the transformation of milk into cheese!

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Here’s a list of events related to cheese, cheesemaking and homestead creameries, fairs and festivals in 2019

February 12 – 13: Cheesemaker’s Resource Conference in New Holland, PA
Website: http://www.dairyheritage.com/cheesemakers-conference.php

Saturday, April 20: Celebrate Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day (Oldways Cheese Coalition)
www.oldwayscheese.org

April: Kid, Lamb and Calf Hugging Days – Mdcoast Maine
midcoastcheesetrail.com

June is National Dairy Month!

Sunday, July 28: 30th annual Maine Open Farm Day! Statewide
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ard/market_promotion/open_farm_day.shtml

July 31 – Aug. 3: American Cheese Society Conference, Richmond, VA
https://www.cheesesociety.org/conference/

Sunday, September 8: 4th Annual Maine Cheese Festival (Location in Maine TBA)
mainecheeseguild.org

Sept. 20 – 22: MOFGA’s Common Ground Fair – Visit the MCG tent and Cheesemaking demos! Unity, ME
http://www.mofga.org/The-Fair

October is Artisan Cheese Month!

Sunday, Oct. 13: Open Creamery Day : Statewide at participating Maine farms
mainecheeseguild.org