• Contact Us
    • Disclosure Policy & Partnered Posts
    • Review FAQ
    • Privacy Policy
    • Giveaway FAQ
  • About Us Page

Our Ordinary Life Family Blog

Family Lifestyle Website: Food, Crafts, Reviews, Travel

  • Valentine’s Day Ideas
  • Keeping Busy
  • Fun Family Foods
  • Reviews
  • Staying Active
  • Family Travel With Kids

June Dairy Month – Our Trip To Tillamook And The Cheese Factory

You are here: Home / Family Travel With Kids / June Dairy Month – Our Trip To Tillamook And The Cheese Factory

Family Travel With Kids

June is National Dairy Month and living in Oregon we celebrate by visiting the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Tillamook is situated southwest of Portland, OR.  For those who may know, Tillamook cheese is some fantastic cheese and I think is distributed now nationwide at all Safeway stores. If it’s not, it should be!

Happy Cows Come From Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook is largely known for their dairy products and cattle industry.  The cows in these neck of the woods are locally raised and grazing animals.  If you know NW Oregon, you know its trees and more trees.  And the areas that don’t have trees; the western side of the state, has fields full of vegetation which is what you have in Tillamook.  With the moisture brought on from the ocean, its allows green fields to flourish allowing cows to graze on healthy greens.

I am sure with an abundance of food; cows can produce more milk than animals stressed out and crammed into pens.  The reason I guess I feel strongly on this issue is my experience with seeing cows raised naturally and cows that are raised for commerce (commercial) purposes which makes me think about the quality of product they produce. I believe in feeding my family the best and I know when I buy dairy that is produced locally I can get the quality I expect from my local farmers.In other words we love Tillamook!!

Our family had to take a tour of the Tillamook Cheese Factory.  It is the actually factory, and it also has a tour area with viewing of the facility.  You can see the machines that cut, slice, and package the cheese.  Also are the large mixing tanks used to create their tasty dairy products.  They have fresh from the source ice cream in I think 30 or more flavors and a full shop with every product they offer along with many hand crafted items local to Oregon and some from Washington.  Great treats.

We got some local things including candied smoked salmon, Handmade raspberry jam, natural batter for fish, honey glazed local jerky, Alpenrose Swiss chocolate milk (local milk company, best you can find), and some other items.  All of these things are from Oregon.  There really is a large selection of good quality foods that we can find here in Oregon.  It does cost a little more, but makes me think more about wasting food that we prepare. It’s a good to practice conservation.  We also got a Loafy pin signifying our trip with Kaila to the cheese factory. We have picked her out a pin from every place she has taken for a trip, and she is gaining a large collection.

It was a great trip and since June is National Dairy month I found it only fitting to show off a local spot that we are so proud of. If you shop Safeway stores look for deals this month on your favorite Tillamook products!

I am a compensated Safeway brand ambassador, although I am passionate about serving healthy foods to my family. I am also just as passionate about my local commerce and am proud to show off our happy Oregon cows.

60

SHARES
facebook Share on Facebook
Twitter Tweet
Follow Follow us
custom Share
custom Share
custom Share
custom Share
custom Share


About Kristin

Hi, I'm Kristin mom of three, runner and dorky dancer. Our Ordinary Life is a family lifestyle site that is focused on our life with our girls in Southern California. We enjoy spending time outdoors being active as a family and living a healthy lifestyle is also important to us. That's while you'll also find delicious recipes and the latest from our family at Our Ordinary Life!

« Pokemon White Version For The Nintendo DS
Easy Appetizer Ideas – Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs »

Comments

  1. Kasey says

    06/27/2011 at 1:52 pm

    That sounds like an awesome trip! It looks so pretty there, and I bet the tour was neat. I never thought of Tillamook this way before, I am going to give them some more thought as a brand 🙂

  2. Christine says

    06/22/2011 at 10:47 pm

    I think Tillamook has the best sharp cheddar cheese to go with my Triscuits and apples.

  3. Brandi says

    06/21/2011 at 6:59 pm

    This is super! My daughter and I both love cheese, so this would be a great outing for us!

  4. Kelly Killingbeck says

    06/21/2011 at 8:49 am

    What a great place. I think I will be trying their cheese!

  5. Miriam T. says

    06/16/2011 at 7:56 pm

    Looks like fun! I agree that it’s really nice seeing animals that get to “roam free.”

  6. Kristina Vanni says

    06/13/2011 at 10:58 pm

    Sounds like a fun experience! My mom was once part of of a Tillamook Mac and Cheese contest – great company!

  7. Tonya Staab says

    06/13/2011 at 4:31 pm

    On my must do list is to take my kids to a cheese factory. I can’t imagine how awesome it would be to be surrounded by cheese. Trying not to drool 😉

  8. Sara @ Mom Endeavors says

    06/12/2011 at 12:31 pm

    SO fun!! We LOVE Tillamook cheese around here! Anything else just doesn’t taste right. If we ever do a trip in Oregon, we are SO there! 🙂

  9. CrAzY Working Mom says

    06/12/2011 at 6:33 am

    Looks like fun. 🙂 I’ll bet the girls enjoyed it!

ourordinarylife instagram

RSS Latest Posts

  • FREE Printable Love Coupons For Kids For Valentine’s Day
  • The Best Sledding Spots on Mt. Hood
  • Happy 2020/1!!

Crafts for Kids

free printable love coupons for kids for Valentine's Day
happy valenslime day kids classroom valentine
I'm So Stuck On You Classroom Valentine Printable
DIY Bubble Gum Scented Valentine Playdough

Healthy Families

Family Food Ideas

Foster Farms Free Range Grilled Chicken Tacos

No Sugar Added Almond Strawberry Muffins

Crunchy Cheesy Jalapeño Poppers

Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies

Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies

Buttermilk Banana Berry Muffin Recipe

Copyright © 2021 · Divine theme by Restored 316

Copyright © 2021 · Divine Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in