Our October meeting was hosted by Turner Farm in North Haven, a ferry ride from Rockland. Despite an overcast morning, we got a tour of the farm and all of its projects (cheese, pork, beef, chicken, turkeys, eggs, and lots of vegetables), a wonderful lunch, an informative workshop on yogurt making and lactic cheeses, and then had a delightful ride in the sun back to Rockland.
![2011-10-03_09-45-06_845 Foggy morning ride out to the island from Rockland on the ferry.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_09-45-06_845.jpg)
Foggy morning ride out to the island from Rockland on the ferry.
![2011-10-03_10-35-37_483 Docking at the town of North Haven](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_10-35-37_483.jpg)
Docking at the town of North Haven
![2011-10-03_10-45-00_186 Bus ride to Turner Farm.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_10-45-00_186.jpg)
Bus ride to Turner Farm.
![2011-10-03_11-31-38_348 Goat's view of the moveable hoop houses, moveable chicken coops, and bay from their moveable pasture.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_11-31-38_348.jpg)
Goat's view of the moveable hoop houses, moveable chicken coops, and bay from their moveable pasture.
![2011-10-03_11-24-43_613 Pigs help to make pasture out of cleared forest land.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_11-24-43_613.jpg)
Pigs help to make pasture out of cleared forest land.
![2011-10-03_12-05-07_462 Beef steer's view of the bay.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_12-05-07_462.jpg)
Beef steer's view of the bay.
![2011-10-03_12-20-10_267 Last of the row crops until next spring.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_12-20-10_267.jpg)
Last of the row crops until next spring.
![2011-10-03_13-48-13_623 Lactic cheese making demo with Caitlin Hunter and Jamien Shields](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_13-48-13_623.jpg)
Lactic cheese making demo with Caitlin Hunter and Jamien Shields
![2011-10-03_16-07-14_231 Return to the mainland.](https://mainecheeseguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-10-03_16-07-14_231.jpg)
Return to the mainland.
So far I’ve heard back from the following folks who plan to attend:
Appleton Creamery (3), Monroe Cheese Studio (2), Deb Hahn of Hahn’s End, Wholesome Homestead crew (3), Sarah Spring from Spring Day Creamery, Little Falls Farm (2), Heather from Balfour Farm, Lauren Pignatello at Swallowtail Farm, Donnamarie Martinsen, Susan Carey, Pineland Farms (1), Three Level Farm (3), Gary Anderson of UMO Coop Ext, Anne Bossi from Sunset Acres, Dorothee Grimm from Silvery Moon