Maine has brew fests, strawberry fests, potato fests and lobster fests. Finally after a decade-long hiatus, the Maine Cheese Festival returns October 16th to celebrate farm-fresh fromage and raise its artisan profile.
Run by The Maine Cheese Guild, the one-day fundraiser highlights local cheeses like Hullabaloo from Imagine Dairy Farm in Warren and mozzarella from water buffalos in Appleton to shed light on the expanding industry. The last time this festival was held, there were merely 16 licensed cheesemakers in Maine. Today there are 81, many of which are small scale producers.
“The time is right to promote cheese in Maine,” said Jessie Dowling, the guild’s vice president and owner of Fuzzy Udder Creamery in Whitefield. “We will showcase over 100 different types of cheeses that Mainers are making. It’s an opportunity for people to buy, taste and learn about cheese.”
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