MAFES Store to offer holiday treats this weekend

The MAFES Sales Store will participate in the 2010 Starkville Christmas Open House event this weekend. The store will be open from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday [Nov. 6], and Sunday [Nov. 7]. It is located in the glass annex at the front of the Herzer Food Science Building on 925 Stone Blvd.

Offering items such as Edam cheese, jellies, cider, and peanuts, the MAFES Sales Store (also called the MSU Cheese Store) is a unit of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. The store exists as an outlet for the research and educational products produced by MAFES Research Support Unit Dairy Manufacturing Plant and by the Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion.