How a Missouri Farmer Became a Maker of Sheep’s Milk Cheese

Food & Drink Collaborations

Green Dirt Farm frequently collaborates with other food and beverage professionals. In fact, local TerraVox winery has had a tasting counter inside the Creamery since it opened. Customers can savor wine and charcuterie boards indoors or on outdoor picnic tables. During a recent visit, locally made products included MAPS Chocolate bars that incorporated the dairy’s feta cheese, plus local Messner Bee Products, KC Cattle Company ground wagyu beef, and KC Canning jams. 

The creamery recently contributed cheese and expertise to a Cheese and Beer Pairing at East Forty Brewing in Blue Springs, Missouri. But most events take place at the farm. 

Onsite dinners and cheese tastings began in 2007. “We happened to have a guy on our staff – Tony Glamcevski – who wanted to get closer to where food comes from, as a farm laborer,” Hoffman says. “He also knew a lot of chefs and suggested having an Open House near the cheese kitchen as a way to reach them. They could make whatever they wanted with our products, and it was a great way for us to network, too.” 

Tickets for 2022 Farm Table Dinners and Cheese Tasting Events went on sale on March 31 and they are selling briskly. Scheduled between Mother’s Day and mid-October, they involve a wide array of chefs and beverage producers. Think wine, beer, or spirits makers and importers, chefs known for Thai, farm-to-table, or charcuterie expertise, and even a chocolate maker. 

Hoffman clearly loves what she does. From daily farm operations to awards and national recognition, Green Dirt Farm is not only her business but her passion project.