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Article: Say cheese.(artisan cheesemakers of Northern California)
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- March 1, 2001
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Tasting and touring at Northern California's artisan cheese factories
Cindy Callahan never set out to be a cheese maker. In the 1980s her family bought a home in the Sonoma County countryside, and, she says, they "got a few sheep to mow the pasture grasses." The sheep multiplied, so the Callahans started milking them and ultimately began making sheep's milk cheeses. Thus was born the Bellwether Farms cheese company. "If we'd gotten a lawn mower back then, we wouldn't be cheese makers today," Callahan says with a laugh.
Today, Bellwether Farms is one of a number of small, independent cheese makers that have popped up in Northern California in recent ...