{"id":9185,"date":"2013-06-23T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=9185"},"modified":"2014-05-23T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T18:37:59","slug":"pineland-farms-helping-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/pineland-farms-helping-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Pineland Farms Helping Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019ll be working in my office, and they\u2019re spreading manure outside my window!\u201d laughs Neal Kolterman, vice president of sales and marketing at Pineland Farms Inc., a farm and nonprofit campus in central Maine. \u201cIt\u2019s a stunning property and a beautiful place to work. There\u2019s a real connection between community, agriculture, and recreation here\u2014that\u2019s what Pineland Farms is all about, connecting community with the land.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though just outside Lewiston, Maine (the state\u2019s second-most populous city), Pineland Farms is far from hustle and bustle. Rolling hills, lush grasslands, and grazing spotted Holsteins make the farm, creamery, and entire campus a postcard-perfect landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaine has a mystique, an allure, and a promise of honest, hardwork- ing people,\u201d says Kolterman. \u201cIt\u2019s different from the rest of New England in the sense that its residents lead a slower-paced way of life. People want to connect with their environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

A connection with the environment is exactly what locals and tourists alike will find at Pineland Farms, through various hands-on farm education programs. Families can stop by at designated times to milk a cow, feed farm animals, and, in the summer, make their own ice cream. Local schools can take field trips to Pineland Farms for a proactive dairy journey, where they\u2019ll learn exactly what it takes to bring milk to their table and can even try their hands at making butter or cheese. Adults can join in on farm activities as well.<\/p>\n

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Pineland Farms also boasts a world-class equestrian center; a market featuring farm-fresh products; public outdoor recreation space for hiking, skiing, and more; function space for weddings, business events, and birthday parties; its own YMCA; and free adaptive sports training for veterans with physical and emotional disabilities, all on the property\u2019s five thousand acres.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anywhere else in the United States where you can come and do everything we have here at Pineland,\u201d claims Kolterman.<\/p>\n

Pineland\u2019s style of cheesemaking is also one of a kind. Undeniably farmstead, its herd of registered Holsteins is milked just around the corner from its state-of-the-art creamery, Hutin Tours de Paris mktplc.indd 1 where fresh milk is transformed into award- winning cheese. Old meets new during the cheesemaking process, where traditional techniques are combined with sparkling new equipment. Pineland Farms crafts six different kinds of cheese from its cows: cheddars, fresh cheeses, feta, Monterey and pepper Jacks, cheese spreads, baby Swiss, and waxed wedges.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur flavor profiles were created purposely to offer artisan cheese to a broad spectrum of customers. Many farmstead cheesemakers produce small-batch, specialty-centric products, and that\u2019s wonderful, but it may not attract the average consumer. Our goal is to make clean, farm-fresh artisan cheese affordable and available to the average shopper, which is why we offer the varieties we do,\u201d explains Kolterman.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, cheddar, which includes traditional, sharp, and smoked, dominates the cheese popularity contest, but Pineland Farms wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Bringing artisan cheese in familiar styles to the masses\u2014yet another philanthropic success Pineland Farms can add to its repertoire.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Images courtesy of Pineland Farms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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