Courtesy of Anne Saxelby of Saxelby Cheesemongers in NYC and Lucky Peach Magazine:
http://luckypeach.com/a-short-history-of-american-cheesemaking-anne-saxelby/
Notes on Water Buffalo Cheesemaker from ACS 2015
Notes on Water Buffalo Session at ACS Conference 2015
7/31/2015 10AM
[photo courtesy of Zhangzhugang through Wikimedia]
Quattro Portoni: Water Bufala in Northern Italy? A Transition That Worked!
by Bruno Gritti, moderated by Michele Buster
190 million Water Buffalo in the world; less than 1% are in Italy (370,000), 2.9% in Africa, 2.4% elsewhere in Europe and North and South America combined; the remainder are in Asia. [Reference: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012]
Italian Bufala is considered a sub-species; its geneology is tracked back to 12,000 animals that survived WWII. Most are found in Campania (278,000), followed by Lazio (66,000), and then Lombardy (only 6,000).
Quattro Portoni is in Bergano Province in Lombardy, which is the alpine region of norther Italy. They have 60 Hectares of pasture and fields that grow wheat and tritcale as well as hay. They generate 99% of their feed on the farm. They maintain 250 milking cows, 100 “non-dairy” animals, 300 heifers, and 170 steers at any one time.
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Sheep and Goat Seminar
The 2015 Sheep and Goat Seminar will focus on marketing tips to equip producers with the skills and knowledge to improve their business. Topics will include using the internet to expand your market, researching your market, branding your product, determining a profitable price, and developing a marketing plan.
When: Saturday, November 14th, 2015. 9am – 4pm
Where: Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield
Cost: $35 per person
Tentative Schedule:
8:30 AM Check-in
9:00 AM Welcome
9:10 AM Marketing Tips for Farm Business Success
10:20 AM Questions & Break
10:40 AM Sheep & Goat Markets and How They Work
Noon Lunch
1:00 PM Update on the UMaine parasitology project
1:30 PM Branding and Marketing Via Social Media
2:45 PM Panel Discussion – Marketing Meat, Milk, Fiber
3:45 PM Evaluation & Adjourn