Quark (dairy product) as the Vermont Creamery in Vermont, and some specialty retailers carry it. Lifeway Foods manufactures a product under the title "farmer cheese" which is available in a variety of metropolitan locations with former Russian populations. Elli Quark, a Californian manufacturer of quark, offers soft quark in different flavors. In Canada, the firmer East European variety of quark is manufactured by Liberté Natural Foods; a softer German-style quark is manufactured in the Didsbury, Alberta, plant of Calgary-based Foothills Creamery. Glengarry Fine Cheesemaking in Lancaster (Eastern Ontario) also produces Quark. Also available in Canada is the very similar "Dry Curd Cottage Cheese"
Quark (technical festival) workshops, there were also informal workshops on poker and Aviation origami. In the spirit of true curiosity, Quark 2014 came up with Celesticon. One thing learned after three millennia, thousands of telescopes, millions of pictures, endless hours of analysis, and studying uncountable stars – we only know a fraction of what is out there. An interesting informative session on the cosmos drew lots of curious enthusiasts. Quark 2014 also witnessed an expansion in the number of competitive events. Events such as TechQuilla, Papertoss and Lazer Dart were introduced for the first time. These off-beat, non conventional events were well attended.