KOOKOOLAN FARMS - 15713 HWY 47 - YAMHILL, OR  97148 - (503)730.7535 - kookoolan@gmail.com

Portland's Neighborhood Notes:  http://www.neighborhoodnotes.com/news/2010/05/a_love_affair_with_locally_raised_meat_buying_cooking_and_butchering_it_in_portland  Thanks for featuring us in a lovely story about locally raised and lovingly butchered meats, May 3, 2010.

Dead Dog Walking  http://onedogstory.blogspot.com/  Kookoolan Farms customer and veterinary chiropractor mary Mandeville blogs on her adventures in natural healing for her dog, who has cancer, and who has already outlived his prognosis.  May 5, 2010

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) This organization funded our experiments in vermicomposting through a generous grant.  (See our "Worms and Vermiculture" page.)

Hillsdale Farmer's Market, this is the only farmer's market where you can buy Kookoolan Farms products, and one of only a couple year-round farmer's markets in Oregon.  Markets are always Sundays 10am-2pm.  The market runs weekly May through October; twice a month November through April.  It's a wonderful market and if I'm not actually in my booth, you'll probably find me walking around the market doing my own grocery shopping.  Condiments, homemade pasta, pastry, bread, soup, cakes, cookies; fruits and vegetables and mushrooms; several local artisinal cheeses; chocolates and candies; potted landscape and food plants, knife sharpening service, beef, pork, lamb, fish, and of course poultry.  It's all here and most vendors are certified organic.  These are the only 2009 market dates for Kookoolan Farms:  April 19, June 28, July 26, August 30, September 27, October 25, and Nov 22.

American Association of Pastured Poultry Producers (APPPA).  This is the organization for farmers who are committed to raising their poultry on grass pasture with rotational grazing.

Weston Price Foundation dedicated to traditional foods and raw milk.

Mishmash Maggie.  This is the blog space of our customer Lainie Magsarili and her photos and account of visiting our farm in February 2009.

Oak Hill Organics - certififed organic vegetable farm of our friends Katie and Casey Kulla who offer vegetable CSA shares, and who sell weekly at the McMinnville Farmer's Market.

Growing Wild Farm - friends Andre and Sheila Jaillet bought one of the pieces of property that we ourselves looked at when we were looking for our farm!  They offer vegetable CSA shares, and who sell weekly at the McMinnville Farmer's Market.

Liz Crain is a local Portland food writer and contributor to Edible Portland.  She attended one of our cheesemaking classes in April 2009 and wrote about it.

Kathleen Bauer's blog GoodStuffNW is a great place to find all kinds of amazing food news.  Kathleen has also attended one of our cheesemaking classes, and wrote the front-page FoodDay feature article about Kookoolan Farms for the Oregonian in October 2007.

The Cheese School of San Francisco is the only independent institution of its kind in the nation dedicated entirely to helping people maximize their enjoyment and appreciation of cheese. Their cheese education curriculum is designed to satisfy food lovers of all types, from the merely curious, to the serious cheese enthusiast, to the food service professional.  They don't have any classes (yet?) on how to make cheese, but they have lots of classes *about* cheese, including tastings, pairings, appreciation and history, and classes for professionals on the procurement, selling, storage, and serving of cheeses.

Culture Magazine is a new, quarterly, national magazine dedicated to the appreciation of cheese.