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Article: Water buffalo dairy program launched. (Update).(University of Florida research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Mozzarella cheese made from cow's milk?
Traditional Italian mozzarella -- the soft, elastic cheese commonly associated with pizza and pasta dishes -- is made with water buffalo milk. University of Florida (UF) experts say a new effort to promote dairy farming with the water buffalo may help U.S. cheese makers gain a foothold in the gourmet mozzarella market.
"Dairy farmers in the Naples area have used the animals for centuries," says Hugh Popenoe, professor with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. "We believe they can catch on here."
Popenoe, who raises about 500 water buffalo on a farm near Gainesville, Fla., is one of four UF ...