Recently American Public Media’s Marketplace® carried a story about two organic farmers, Rick and Lora Lea Misterly of Quillisascut Farm in northeastern Washington state, who invite chefs and culinary students to spend a week living what they call “farm to table,” working as both cooks and farmhands. The farm serves as a “hands-on laboratory for teaching food professionals how to work organic options into their menus.”
General works on organic farming are classed in 631.584 Organic farming. General works on organically grown foods are classed in 641.302 Health foods. General works on cooking organically grown foods are classed in 641.5637 Health-food cooking.
When the Misterlys are not giving general instruction in organic farming, they specialize in raising goats for milk and in making goat cheese. Raising goats for milk is classed in 636.39142 Goats for milk (built with 636.391 Goats for specific purposes plus 42 from 636.08842 Animals raised for eggs and milk). Raising goats of a specific breed for a specific purpose, however, is classed with the breed. Since the goats of Quillisascut Farm belong to a breed originally from France, Alpine Cross, they are classed in 636.394 French and Belgian breeds of goats (built with 636.39 Goats plus 4 from 636.34 French and Belgian breeds of sheep, following the instructions under 636.392-636.398 Specific breeds of goats).
Making cheese is classed in 637.3 Cheese processing. Many varieties of cheese can be made from goat’s milk, e.g., 637.353 Ripened soft cheeses and 637.356 Fresh cheeses. Works on cheese as a food are classed in 641.373 Cheese (built with 641.37 Dairy and related products plus 3 from 637.3 Cheese processing). Works on cooking cheese and cooking with cheese are classed in 641.673 Cooking with cheese (built with 641.6 Cooking specific materials plus 73 from 637.3 Cheese processing, following instructions under 641.63-641.67 Cooking food derived from plant crops and domesticated animals).
Seems like a good example that we should adopt in Australia. Need more farm to plate infomation to get the message out there.
Kind Regards
Tim Lester
http://www.nuganics.com.au
Posted by: Tim Lester | 27 December 2007 at 05:35 PM