Building A Festive Cheese Board

Join Gold Ridge Organic Farms' resident cheese expert, Alli Keyser-Marti, during Holidays Along the Farm Trails for a festive cheese board demonstration! Explore how to create a beautiful board to adorn your holiday table, showcasing a wide array of flavors, textures, and colors. Learn how to incorporate a variety of edible flowers and fresh herbs, local honey, apple cider syrup, balsamic vinegar, EVOO, olives, artisan bread, crackers, and dips to accompany the best local cheeses made by artisan producers from Sonoma County and beyond.

Building on a culinary career starting in her teenage years, in 2014, Alli Keyser-Marti fell in love with exploring the world of milk, salt, enzymes, and microbes. Her cheese journey includes managing Cowgirl Creamery's original Pt Reyes shop, overseeing the Oliver's Market Stony Point cheese department, as well as being awarded an ACEF Scholarship to attend the American Cheese Society's Portland conference in 2022, where she successfully completed the CCP® exam. She has followed this passion from her backyard in California to small farms all over France, rural Ohio, roadside stands in Sardinia, and ferries in Croatia. Most recently, you'll find her skillfully pairing cheese with olive oil and apple tastings at Gold Ridge Organic Farms, as well as managing our custom olive milling operations and organic certifications.

Demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.