Tasting Event for Cheese

Objectives

• Offer an eating experience and the opportunity to try something new from a local farm.



• Increase awareness of the “Healthy Local Foods” message.



• Increase participation in the food service program.



• Create a positive food service experience.

Questions for Farmers

Farmers know their farms and their production systems very well. It can be difficult for them to realize just how little students may know about farming in general, life on the farm, or a particular crop or livestock. Here are sample questions that students may have, to help farmers prepare themselves for speaking to a class or at a school cafeteria.

• What kind of dairy animals do you have?



• How much milk does it take to make a pound of cheese?



• How much milk do your animals produce (per day, week, year)?



• What are the steps in making cheese?



• What kind of equipment do you need to make cheese?



• How do you get different kinds of cheese from the same kind of milk?