Midcoast Cheese Trail

Sunday, March 24, 11 am to 3 pm at Copper Tail Farm,  293 Genthner Rd. Waldoboro

Come snuggle the babies, see the mamas, and sample/purchase our products!  $1 -$5 suggested donation per person. This is also Maine Maple Sunday, so we’ll have some special maple chèvre to celebrate. (We’ll also be hosting Kid Hugging Days on April 21, and 28.) Learn more about this event. Visit coppertailfarm.com.

Be sure to visit our friends on the trail  at Fuzzy Udder Creamery in Whitefield, who will also be offering a Kid Hugging Day on March 24th!

At Fuzzy Udder Creamery 35 Townhouse Road in Whitefield, Maine from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Come visit and snuggle over 80 newborn lambs and kids born on the farm this spring. There will be sheep and goat milk hot chocolate and cheese and meat to sample and buy. Suggested donation $5-$15 sliding scale

>> March 24th is also Maine Maple  Sunday, and many sugar houses will be open to the public. You can learn more and find a map of participants  here.

Your second chance to hug the kids! Come snuggle the babies, see the mamas, and sample/purchase our products! This happens to fall on Easter- a great event to do with the whole family, and there will be an Easter Egg Hunt right at 11:00. $5 suggested donation per person. We are offering 3 separate Kid Hugging Day events this year in attempts to thin out the crowds 😉 Learn more about this event.

Visit coppertailfarm.com.

Sunday, April 28, 2019
11 am – 3 pm

This is the official Midcoast Cheese Trail kick-off for the 2019 season.  Get up close and personal with the farm animals, the cheesemakers and their helpers. Buy some cheese and other products  straight from the farm.  We’ll have links here to each participating Trail member’s take on our “hugging” event as details become available.

 Appleton Creamery – Visit the farm and meet the kids! Sample and buy some of the season’s first goat cheese. The food truck Yum Bus will be joining us, as well as Stone Fox Creamery ice cream! We’re celebrating our Silver Jubilee in 2109!

Copper Tail Farm  –  Come snuggle the babies, see the mamas, and sample/purchase our products! This is the OFFICIAL KID HUGGING DAY that we share with other farms on the Midcoast Cheese Trail.  $1 suggested donation per person. We will have Turtle Rock Farm here vending their delicious fruit spreads. We’ll have coffee, tea, & baked goods for sale, plus a kids’ table!

Some Trail members are also planning  additional spring events in conjunction with Maine Maple  Sunday, Easter and the arrival of late offspring from their herd. We’ll post those dates  on the calendar too!

June IS dairy month and several Trail creameries will be  celebrating by hosting special events at their farms, including milking, butter and cheese demos. Farms will be open and products will be available for pruchase.  Demos will be scheduled at specific times.  We’ll update  here with a list of participating members and how to learn more about specific demos and events as details become available.

If you want to learn a bit more about the history of June is Dairy Month, read here.

That’s right. We’re pleased to announce that ME Water Buffalo Co. is going back into production and is coming back on the Trail in June. ME Water Buffalo Co. co-founded the original Appleton Cheese Trail in 2014 with Appleton Creamery. That concept morphed into what is today the Midcoast Cheese Trail.

We’ll post more a details  as plans for the Grand Re-opeoning emerge.

That’s right. We’re pleased to announce that ME Water Buffalo Co. is going back into production and is coming back on the Trail in June. ME Water Buffalo Co. co-founded the original Appleton Cheese Trail in 2014 with Appleton Creamery. That concept morphed into what is today the Midcoast Cheese Trail.

We’ll post more a details  as plans for the Grand Re-opeoning emerge.

Sunday, July 28, 2019
11 am – 3 pm

This is a favorite event in Maine. Statewide, farms open up for the public to tour, interact with the animals and learn first hand about Maine farms, farmers and their products.

Several Maine Cheese Trail farms are planning to participate. Several  will be having events on both Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28.

We’ll update our calendar with specifics on Trail farms. You can learn more about the statewide event, and as the date draws closer, get a listing of all Maine farms participating in 2019 here on the State of Maine website and  here on Get Real, Get Maine. Times are generally 11 am to 3 pm, but may vary by farm.

Although Trail farms are way too busy to have special events in August, we want to remind you that you can find most Maine goat cheese producers at your local Maine farmers’ market. Check out the Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets (MFFM) to find listings in your area.

Sunday, September 8, 2019
10 am – 5 pm

The Festival is a showcase for Maine cheesemakers and cultured dairy product producers, paired with an assortment of select artisanal food producers. The Festival offers Maine cheese, demos, entertainment and more. The location for 2019 is still being worked out. We’ll let you know as soon as it is set. Visit mainecheeseguild.org for more information.

Several Midcoast Cheese Trail members participate in the Festival, and we’ll list them here.

Sunday,  October 13, 2019
11 am. – 3 pm

This popular event is organized by the Maine Cheese Guild. Creameries throughout the state open their doors to the public and many have special activities planned.  Most Trail cheesemakers participate.  A great opportunity to stock up on your favorite Maine cheese. We’ll have more info as it becomes available.

Visit mainecheeseguild.org for a printable map and details when the date draws near.

Sunday, December 15,  2019
11 am – 3 pm

Several member farms host Solstice, Jul Goat, and Christmas in the Country events. This is a great time to put together that Maine made gift basket, stock up for holiday feasting and just plain get out into the countryside. We’ll post more specifics as the date gets closer.

Sunday, January 5, 2019
11 am – 2 pm

The solution to recycling your spent Christmas tree! Goats love ’em. Really. Be sure to clean off all garland, tinsel and ornaments,  and come on over. We’ll most likely have hot chocolate, and the goats will love you forever.

We’ll post a list of participating Trail farms  when the date gets closer.