Transcript: Profile: Maytag Farms in Iowa is a small producer of blue cheese

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
01-04-2005
Profile: Maytag Farms in Iowa is a small producer of blue cheese

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

Researchers say some farming areas could do well to consider changing crops. The idea is to move away from so-called commodity crops and toward what are being called place-based foods. NPR's Greg Allen reports from Newton, Iowa, the home of Maytag cheese.

GREG ALLEN reporting:

Sixty years ago, Iowa wasn't the place to find exotic cheeses, but that didn't stop Fred Maytag, then president of the well-known appliance maker and owner of a small dairy farm in central Iowa. Fred's son Fritz says his dad may have begun ...

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