Countryside Back to Basics Workshop


April 1st, 2017

Countryside Back to Basics Workshop

 

Does the idea of taking something as simple as milk and turning it into artisan cheese appeal to you?  What about enjoying fresh eggs from your own flock of backyard chickens?

 

Simplicity, self reliance, a desire to do more with less; these are traits shared by many people today who are searching for a more authentic and simple life.  Countryside Network would like to help.

 

Countryside Network is proud to present our Back to Basics workshop.  Choose from 6 specific courses (or take them all) and get an introduction to skills that can enhance, and simplify your life.

 

·      Meet the editor of Backyard Poultry magazine and discuss how to care for your own flock of poultry.

·      Learn to craft artisan cheese from fresh milk.

·      See what it takes to raise a herd of dairy goats and learn about the different breeds available. 

·      Explore what it would take to start a cottage food business and the basics of home food preservation.

·      Learn about the best grapes and how to grow them for winemaking on the Front Range.

·      Discover the wonders of Beekeeping and harvesting your own honey.

 

Please join us on April 1st  2017, and start your journey Back to the Basics.  Learn more information about classes and pricing here.


This will be an indoor event.


Workshop instructors:


Kate Johnson, Owner/Cheese Coach at The Art of Cheese.





Kate Johnson is the owner and main “Cheese Coach” at The Art of Cheese, an artisan Home-Cheesemaking School based in Longmont, Colorado.  She and her family raise Nubian, Nigerian Dwarf and Oberhasli dairy goats at Briar Gate Farm, which is how she got her start in cheesemaking.  Having a ready supply of delicious farm-fresh goat milk, she initially taught herself to make cheese for her family and friends.  Once she perfected some of the simpler cheeses, she decided to further her education by taking an advanced cheesemaking course from Larry and Linda Fallaice of Three Shepherds Farm of Vermont as well as a class from the San Francisco “Milkmaid”, Luella Hill.   She has won many champion and blue ribbons for her cheeses at the Boulder County Fair and taught cheesemaking classes for several years through Colorado State Extension Services, the City of Longmont, Front Range Community College, Boulder Valley Lifelong Learning, at local wineries and breweries and in private homes before opening The Art of Cheese in 2014.  She currently teaches most of her classes in the Cheese Education Center located within the Haystack Mountain Cheese Creamery in Longmont.  Students can learn to make a wide variety of cheeses from goat, cow and sheep milk that can be sourced from local farms, dairies and grocery stores.

 

When not making cheese or teaching cheesemaking, Kate  also co-leads The Goats & Galore 4-H Club and is the Utility Goat Superintendent for the Boulder County Fair.


John Martin, Stonebridge Farm Winery