Farm Business Skills Retreat

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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 afiles@mesas.org. 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.

Beginner Cheese Making Workshops

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Appleton Creamery is again offering their winter series of workshops for beginner cheese makers. They offer three different takes on cheese making: Home Cheese Making, French Fun, and Goat Cheese 101, all taught by nationally recognized award winning cheese maker Caitlin Hunter. Even if you just want to learn more about the cheese you love to eat, these classes will introduce you to the mystery of cheese making.

Workshop Scholarships

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The Guild has decided to offer two scholarships to each of our upcoming intermediate/advanced workshops that would reimburse the scholarship winners for HALF the cost of the workshop fee.

Anyone interested in receiving a scholarship will be a member in good standing of the Maine Cheese Guild and should send their contact information, plus a paragraph describing your operation, to info@mainecheeseguild.com/MCG-build before February 13th. Submissions will be reviewed and voted upon by the MCG board, and scholarship winners will be announced by the end of February.