Flat Creek Lodge Blog

Flat Creek Dairy and Farm is pleased to announce the newest member of the team, Laura Vines. She comes to us from the University of Georgia with a Master's Degree in Food Safety. She joins us as our Quality Control/Food Safety Specialist. She has already made vast improvements to our procedures and protocols. We look forward to completing the upgrades to the dairy soon. Thank you for your patience as we improve our facilities!

Hooray! A couple photos of the team at the Flavors of Georgia contest and with Gov. Nathan Deal!

 

We're thrilled to announce that our Georgia Red Cheese is a finalist in the Flavor of Georgia competition held on March 12, 2013! The competition is for products that are made in the State of Georgia and are judged on flavor, best use of Georgian ingredients, Georgia theme, unique or innovative qualities, commercial appeal and originality. Stay tuned for more details! Have a great weekend, y'all!

 

We are so excited to offer artisan goods gift baskets direct from Flat Creek Lodge! If you're looking for a Made in Georgia specialty gift, you've found the answer. Our baskets are the perfect way to send well wishes for the holidays. Click below to purchase and for more info!

 

 

 

We are so excited to be represented by Cheeses & Mary at The Broadwell Cottage. The photo above is a beautiful one of our cheeses as a part of a large buffet at the LPGA, representing many dairies!

"Finding your way home" has new meaning for Jeff Mulling, the new Dairy & Farm Manager at Flat Creek Lodge. Mulling is a native of Midville, just 12 miles away from the Lodge, but he spent the last 28 years in Savannah working in the banking industry. When presented with the opportunity to work at the Dairy, he was thrilled to find himself once again among the community and environment he calls home.

Though the banking industry may seem like a world away from working on a dairy and farm, Mulling says that the two aren't all that different. He uses the skills he honed within the banking industry every single day at the Lodge.

A core focus of his plan for the future of the dairy and farm is to increase the brand awareness and position Flat Creek as a high quality producer of cheese, berries and mushrooms. The team will also look to expand selling to distributors to help get products to as many end consumers as possible. He enjoys working with the dairy team, and credits them for producing a quality and innovative line of artisan cheese. The team is always experimenting and has plans to expand into new categories and flavor profiles going forward.

Mulling finds just being on the Flat Creek property "calming," and he is thankful for the opportunity to be at the Lodge, calling it a "dream come true!"

We'll be at the Georgia Organics 14th Annual Conference & Expo "GO GROW!" and would love to see you there! We'll be sampling some of our artisan cheeses fresh from the dairy and mushrooms from the farm.  The Expo is March 11-12, 2011, in Savannah, Georgia, at the International Trade & Convention Center.

We are SO thrilled to announce the introduction of our new cheese, the Little Martha.  Keith has been working on this one and it shows in the flavors.  It's a soft Italian style cheese, which pairs well with fresh fruit and full bodied wines.  It's more of a dessert cheese, and it's sure to be the perfect end to any meal.  We'll post photos of this baby as soon as we have some!