Culinary Workshop: Cheesemaking with Taylor Hartson
Goat's milk cheese has been a staple in households around the world for centuries. Every region has its own style of making goat cheese that highlights the distinctive features of where the cheese is produced — from the bloomy rinds of the Loire Valley to the experimental and inventive wheels of new American artisan cheesemakers.
In this class, Taylor Hartson, a farmstead cheesemaker at Verdant Hollow Farms, will teach us how to make four kinds of cheese from a simple lactic goat's milk curd, just by tweaking the cultures, the shape, and the aging style. We'll talk about how to select and source ingredients for cheesemaking, demonstrate the key steps of the process, and, of course, taste a variety of goat's milk cheese produced right here in southwest Michigan.
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- events@granorfarm.com
We are thrilled to have Taylor Hartson as our guest instructor for this cheesemaking workshop! Taylor is the Dairy Operations Manager at Verdant Hollow Farm in Buchanan, MI and helped open their farmstead goat creamery in 2024. Join us to delve into the world of cheesemaking right here in Southwest Michigan.
Students will arrive to a glass of sparkling wine and snacks then partner up with their fellow classmates to prepare several goats milk cheeses with demonstration and support from Taylor Hartson.
After creating their cheeses, students sit together for a meal from the Granor Kitchen and have the opportunity to ask any remaining cheesemaking questions. Dinner will feature Granor Table Wine.
Students leave with full bellies, cheese to take home, complete digital and printed recipes, and a hands on knowledge of each dish as well as a slew of kitchen tips and techniques to take to their own kitchen.
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- events@granorfarm.com
Getting to Granor Farm
Farm Store & Farm
3480 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
Greenhouse & School House
3520 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
From:
Downtown Three Oaks: Three Oaks Rd. (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
St. Joseph & Chicago: I-94 Exit 6 (Union Pier)
New Buffalo: Red Arrow Highway (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
Niles: Highway 12 West to Pardee Rd. to Warren Woods Rd.
We are located 7 miles east of Red Arrow Highway or 3 miles north of Highway 12 on Warren Woods Road, between Log Cabin Road and Pardee Road.
Events , What's happening on the farm this season
There’s a bunch of great reasons to visit the farm all year round, from our annual Seedling Sale, to visiting the Farm Store, to participating in our CSA or Farm Camp programs. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays for dinner in our state of the art Greenhouse!
Sourdough Club: Enriched Breads from Brioche to Babka
Sourdough Club Second Session—a new series of classes, hosted once a month, each focused on a different sourdough topic. Led by Granor baker and sourdough extraordinaire, Jill Morgan, you will have opportunity to learn her tips and tricks, practice your new techniques, and ask her all your burning sourdough questions.
This three hour class includes a light dinner featuring Granor produce and grains, a demonstration of a variety of enriched breads with the opportunity for hands-on work along with recipes to bake your own loaf at home.
Dinner + Drinks with Pat and Ellie
Join us for a true Dinner Party, complete with cocktail hour and multi-course family style meal. Our March guests are the one and only Pat and Ellie Mullins of P&E Bottle Shop.
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The evening will kick off a cocktail hour. We will then move to the Granor Greenhouse for a family style meal loaded with Granor-grown produce and the creative influence of Mr Mullins himself.
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The meal will be paired with wines selected by Ellie and full NA beverages are available upon request.
