Cheesemaking Workshops
We’re scouting out locations and beginning to put together our 2024 fall and winter palate of Cheesemakinng Workshops
We’re interested to know what sort of workshops you are interested in. We prefer to be contacted by email . Shoot us an email appletoncreamery@gmail.com with your interest and questions, and to be added to our mailing list.
Our Milk Sources – Please Note: We are sourcing the milk for our classes from the Jersey cows at Springdale Farm in Waldo Maine and goat from local farms seasonally as it becomes available.
We will post info on upcoming workshops for fall 2024 here as they are offered. You can find a list of our past and sign up for our upcoming offerings on our WORKSHOPS page as they become available.
Stay in the know – Get on our mailing list-Please drop us an email and we’ll add you to our list.
Consulting Services:
● How to Make A Living Running a Farmstead Creamery
● Calves, Kids, Manure & Whey – Planning for the Unexpected on a Farmstead Creamery
● Direct Sales- What You Need to Know to Last at a Farmers’ Market
● Training the Next Generation – How to Build a Successful On-Farm Apprentice Program
● Planning for Senior Farming: Strategies to keep going
● Finding your Niche: what cheese to make and where to sell it
Learn more about my consulting services here.
Skills & Expertise:
● Barn design;
● Creamery set-up & layout;
● Goat management, health & breeding; kid rearing
● Packaging / merchandising;
● Food Law including Maine, Federal and FSMA requirements;
● Equipment evaluation, selection and operation;
● Human Resources Management and mentorship
● Cheese Recipe development
Email: capercaillieconsults@gmail.com
Caitlin Hunter got her first goats in 1979, in another life, in another part of Maine. By 1981, she had begun making cheese and selling it at a local farmers’ market she started. In those days, cheese could legally be made in your kitchen with a Home Food Processing License. She developed her initial line of soft cheeses in those first years.