Sonoma County Fair 2011 Dairy of the Year

Congratulations to Monique & Mike Moretti Family Dairy

on being selected the 2011 Sonoma County Dairy of the Year!!!

Mike, Amanda & Monique pictured before the presentation.

Monique is a North Bay Dairy Women Past President,
current board member and active in many ag and community groups & events.

Amanda is currently serving as our Dist. #3 Dairy Princess (and freshman college student at Cornell University in New York) .

Mike is active on several Dairy industry boards.

Son Danny was not able to attend, but he also participates

in the family dairy and ag events.

The Moretti Family operate their dairy in Petaluma, participate at countless dairy & ag events and do it all with a smile.

The Moretti's are much deserved in this honor.

Congratulations!

Past (1961) Dist. #3 and California Dairy Princess and

 Sonoma County Fair Board Member Marilyn Herzog

presented the Moretti Family with their beautiful trophy during the Open Holstein Show.

Joining her was Alt. Dairy Princess Samantha Spaletta.

Monique and Amanda are congratulated by Alt. Princess Samantha and

North Bay Dairy Women President Audrey Wheeler.

Sonoma County Fair Feature Booth

North Bay Dairy Women had a great feature booth at the Sonoma County Fair this year.  The Fair was celebrating its 75th Year and our feature booth was in the History Hall, just off the Hall of Flowers.

Under the direction of Katherine Rinehart (from the Petaluma History Museum), the hall was a touching dedication to past Sonoma County Fairs and the people who have taken part over the past 75 years.

Many people & organizations loaned memorabilia and photos and other assorted items to the Fair to include in this look back.  Hope you didn't miss it, it was wonderful! 

NBDW Feature Booth "Chairs" Judy Buttke and Joyce Leveroni did an outstanding job planning and organizing our exhibit "Dairy History of Sonoma & Marin". 

Dot & Earl Holtz generously loaned their antique dairy equipment to us for the duration of the 3 week fair.  Thank you to them!

With the help of the worker-dairy women, the booth went up & was a true tribute to our industry.

Those helping Joyce & Judy were: Susan, Paulette, Angelina, Audrey, Annette, Cindy & Linda.  Thank you ladies for a job well planned & created.

Here is the finished product....

As part of the exhibit, Judy & Joyce prepared a booklet titled "Dairy Families - 75 Years - Sonoma & Marin Counties".  Information & history of 15 local dairy operations was included in this book, information provided by those families from a request by Dairy Women.  Thank you to all those who responded.

If you would like to read the information in this dairy history booklet, here is the link: 

And a treat!  During the planning of the Hall of History, NBDW was contacted about a photo in the fair files with the request to identify those in the photo.  Can you identify these two??

This photo is of the North Bay DAiry Women Feature Booth at the Sonoma County Fair in 1978 or 1979 and pictured is Rich Thomas presenting the trophy to NBDW President Cathy Nommsen!

Love this photo!  So much fun to see it!

North Bay Dairy Women Scholarships

At the June general meeting of the North Bay Dairy Women the

2011 Scholarship Winners were guests.

Pictured above are:

Joe Stefanoni winner of the Bernice Hadermann Memorial Scholarship

Amanda Moretti winner of the Florence Gilardoni Memorial Scholarship

North Bay Dairy Women President Audrey Wheeler

Maria Camozzi recipient of the Isolena Maestretti "Miss Vitality" Scholarship

Clark Moretti winner of the Rose Grossi Memorial Scholarship

Congratulations to these fine students.  We look forward to hearing about your continued success as you pursue your educations.

Thank You Outgoing Board Members

A belated mention about our Outgoing Board Members. 

In April the board went to lunch in Sonoma at LaSalette.

Our invited guests were two ladies who put in many hours as NBDW Board Members....Mary Zimmerman and Kim Jones.  NBDW treated Mary & Kim to lunch and we enjoyed a great time visiting and enjoying a delicious lunch.

Thank you so very much to Mary & Kim for your years of dedicated service to our group. 

We know that we can expect you at future meetings, dairy events and social activities.  It is because of great women pitching in to help at every corner, that our organization is still active after over 45 years.

Standing: Sue, Christine, Kim, Pat & Monique

Seated: Judy, Audrey, Susan, Lorrie, Arlene, Mary & Annette

Summer Dairy Fun

June Dairy Month

On June 7, 2011 Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti made a presentation to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.  North Bay Dairy Women President Audrey Wheeler, along with members Judy Buttke, Monique Moretti and Andrea Krout were in attendance at the Supervisor's Meeting.

The Board of Supervisors presented North Bay Dairy Women with a resolution declaring

"June 2011 as Dairy Month and encourage Sonoma County residents and consumers to celebrate the contributions and achievements of its dairy farmers, cheese makers and creamery operators for striving for individual excellence."

The resolution was signed by Supervisors Valerie Brown, David Rabbitt, Shirley Zane, Mike McGuire and Efren Carrillo. 

Supervisor Rabbit presented the document to  Dairy Princess Amanda and President Audrey and Judy.

Thank you Amanda, Audrey, Judy, Monique & Andrea for participating in this event.

Marin French Cheese Company

Day #6 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Marin French Cheese Company

We would like to thank Marin French Cheese Company for their support in providing 2 of their cheese styles to our tasting at the

2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Rouge et Noir Brie

Their award-winning California brie is made by hand, using the same artisanal methods we have employed for nearly 150 years. 

Received  World Cheese Award in 2005 and 2010.

Always popular, always delicious!

Rouge et Noir Pesto Brie

 The highest quality pesto, combined with other natural ingredients make this Brie a

a surprising taste treat.  The tasters at the fair enjoyed sampling this flavored cheese.

You can find Marin French Cheese at many local stores, including G & G Market and Raley's.

A short drive outside Petaluma and you can visit their store & have a sample and enjoy a picnic on the grounds.

See their website for more information:

http://www.marinfrenchcheese.com

Thank you Marin French Cheese Company for a long standing tradition in our area, made from milk in our local area!

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company

Day #5 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company

Original Blue



Made by Bob & Dean Giacomini

& Daughters Karen, Diana, Lynn & Jill

We appreciate their generous support of our cheese tasting

at the 2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair Farm to Table Exhibit.

We had to work quickly to keep up with the sampling

demand for this delecious blue cheese.

The cheese is made and formed, then cured for about 3 weeks before aging for a period of 5 to 6 months.

You can find Point Reyes Original Blue at

G & G Market, Whole Foods, Oliver's Market as well as many other area food stores.

Or visit their website: http://pointreyescheese.com/index.html

Enjoy some soon!!!

Valley Ford Cheese Company

Day #4 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Valley Ford Cheese Company

Valley Ford Estero Cheese

Valley Ford Highway One Cheese

Made by Karen Bianchi-Moreda

(a North Bay Dairy Women Member)

with milk produced on the family dairy,

Mountain View Dairy, in Valley Ford.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Samantha Spaletta

share the enjoyment of Valley Ford Cheese.

Thank you to Valley Ford Cheese company for generously providing their cheese for our sampling at the 2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Estero Gold Cheese is an Italian farmstead style cheese, good as a snack or melted into pasta or polenta.

Highway One Cheese is a version of old style Fontina; aged for at least 80 days and was a bronze medalist at California State Fair.

It was a hit with the cheese tasters!

You can purchase Valley Ford Cheese at G & G Market, Oliver's and Petaluma Market as well as area Farmers Markets.

Check out their website at: http://www.valleyfordcheeseco.com/index.html

Wallaby Yogurt Company

Day #3 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Wallaby Yogurt Company

Organic Lowfat Yogurt

Thank you for sharing your yogurt for our sampling at

Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Samantha Spaletta

offer samples of Wallaby Organic Yogurt.

Wallaby Yogurt is in the style of yogurt made in Australia.

The milk is locally produced and the

product is processed in American Canyon (Napa Valley area).

Yummy!!

Susan treats youngsters to samples of yogurt.

Her family is a milk producer for Wallaby.

Visit their website at: http://wallabyyogurt.com/index.htm

Wallaby Organic Yogurt is available at Raley's, Lucky's and other area stores.

Nicasio Valley Cheese Company-Nicasio Reserve

Day #2 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Nicasio Valley Cheese Company

Nicasio Reserve

Thank you to Nicasio Valley Cheese for sharing your

Cheese for our sampling at Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Princess Samantha Spaletta

 taste test Nicasio Valley Cheese!

Nicasio Reserve was a hit with the cheese tasters.

It is aged 3 months, semi-firm cheese and was a

Gold Medal Winner at California State Fair.

To find this cheese you can check their website:

http://www.nicasiocheese.com/index.html

Visit their store:

5300 Nicasio Valley Road, Nicasio, California

Thursday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Or check your local grocery cheese section, including:

Oliver's, Whole Foods & Fircrest.

We suggest you try some soon!