Join Trevor milk_trekker for a 5 day immersion in Natural Cheese Making. Topics will include:

The Basics of Cheese Science and Milk Microbes: learn the basic constitutients of milk, microbes, fermentation and coagulation. Learn how to source top quality milk. Great cheese starts on the farm.

Making Natural Starters from Scratch: make and maintain starter cultures from microbes indigenous to healthy raw milk in the form of clabber and/or kefir, the crux of natural cheesemaking.

Making Fresh and Ripened Cheeses: the methods will empower students to make and age cheese without a lot of expensive equipment.

5 day course (Saturday through Wednesday) will run 10am to 5pm. Price for the course is $650 and includes a light lunch. Add-on optional Room + Board in our historic Farmhouse for $200/night.

Email brambletailhomestead@gmail.com for more info or to reserve your spot!