While on the CLAAS tour, our bus stopped at the Hilmar Cheese Visitor Center. Hilmar Cheese is the largest cheese processing plant in the United States. First our bus took a tour of the processing facilities. We then ate a buffet breakfast and had time to view the exhibits and try cheese.
On the second floor of the visitor center there were many interactive exhibits geared toward educating kids and adults about cows and dairy farming.
In the exhibit pictured below, kids can try on a coat of a dairy farmer, veterinarian, or milk processing technician. Then kids can look at themselves in a mirror.
Interactive exhibit about dairy careers.
Display of products containing Hilmar ingredients
Display of California Cheeses
Close-up of Hilmar Mozzarella cheese
Cow chandelier
One of several cheese sample stations
Eclectic Lamb 
Hi Kathy-
I don’t think I have heard of Hilmar cheese – is it available in NY? Were you impressed with the taste? Great to see you last night! ML
P.S. Love the cow chandelier!
Hilmar does not market cheese under their own brand except in the visitor center. They bulk sale their cheese for packaging under various labels. We tasted many delicious cheeses at Hilmar. It was great to see you too!
Great review of the cheese factory. Do you know the “various labels” that their cheese is pack under?
So cool!!!!!!!! I love the cow chandelier!
They were not specific but said that their cheese is packaged under many labels.
Were you scared by the cow in the air? Because I sure would be.