Peach country fair Saturday

Peach Community Farm celebrates its second country fair 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday with farming fun and workshops for all ages.

There will be organic gardening workshops, games, cheesemaking, baby-goat petting, details on chicken keeping, edible wild plant walk, raw foods demonstration and live music.

Tickets are $5 at the gate. Children and bicyclists get in free. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Peach Community Farm and its efforts to provide organic produce to low-income families in Spokane.

The Peach Community Farm is located at 10425 S. Andrus Road in Cheney. For more information, go to www.peachlocal.com or call (509) 216-9273.

Farm hosts yogurt, cheese classes

Trish Vieira, owner of Spokane’s Family Farm with her husband, Mike, is hosting a series of yogurt and cheese classes starting Saturday. Classes will be held at the Spring Hill Grange on Coulee Hite Road just down the hill from the farm.

Saturday’s classes will cover Greek yogurt and mozzarella cheese and will be held 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Each two hour session is $35 and babysitting will be available in an adjoining room.

Each participant will get a half gallon of milk from Spokane’s Family Farm. Those who want yogurt starter cultures should bring a container.

Vieira is also planning classes May 21 and May 21 at the grange. Future classes will cover cottage cheese, ricotta, feta and more.

To reserve a place in class or get more details call the farm (509) 796-3276 or email tvieira@centurytel.net.

Send your farmers market info to us

Farmers markets are getting ready to gear up for the season.

If you would like your market to be included in a weekly calendar of area farmers markets in the Food section please send the information – including opening and closing dates, location, hours and contact phone number – to: Farmers Markets Info, The Spokesman-Review, Features Department, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210-2160. Or, email the details to lorieh@spokesman.com.