Kathy Landers |
She’s Making Over 15 Varieties of Farmstead Goat Cheese!
Kathy’s daughter, Samara |
In August, at the American Cheese Society Festival of Cheeses in Seattle, I happened to sit down next to Kathy’s daughter on the stairway. She mentioned that her mother had entered two cheeses in the competition. So, we went to the Farmstead Cheeses table where I met Kathy and William James, the two master cheesemakers from Landeria Farm in Kansas. I snapped a few pictures of their cheeses:
William James |
The hill above her aging cave. |
Her milking parlor. |
So it seemed reasonable to me. I’d been milking every morning and night for as long as I could remember, and after a couple years of college I rented a 40 acre parcel with a trappers cabin on it. It was cheap, only $50 a month, but it only had a wood stove for heat, the kitchen drain had plugged up at some point and was fixed by hacking a hole in the pipe where it went outside, and one night the whole big front porch fell off the house! But, I could grow my garden, have chickens, and a cow.
Aging her cheeses. |
Landeria Farm cheese is available at Dean & DeLuca and at The Better Cheddar in Kansas City, Pendelton’s Country Market in Lawrence and at the Lawrence Farmers Market on Saturdays.
Here’s a great little video about Landeria Farm. (There are some good shots of Kathy’s “microcreamery” and her cave.)
Stacey Case says
Hello. I just read your blog and loved every word. Are you still doing classes? I would love to learn more. PLEASE,
Jeri Case says
It’s great that you want to learn more. I can’t tell whether you want to take classes at Landeria or from us (New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.)? Our classes are listed at cheesemaking.com and you can contact Landeria at http://landeria.weebly.com/contact-us.html
Beth,
You best bet is to call her- Kathy Landers
785-393-6693. Have fun!
When are you cheese making classes? I have a friend, who has dairy farm, in Udall. We are both interested in them.
When are you classes? I have a friend who owns a dairy farm in Udall (we both are there) and we would love to take some classes.
I was at Dean & Deluca in Leawood on Saturday and they were offering samples of Prairie Pearl. I tried it and loved it so I bought a wedge. Please keep up the good work! Who knew such great cheese was being so close by! :>
Whew! That's a lot of hard work, but well work the effort.