Chewelah Creamery Launches Cheese Production

0:00What's up Canada? This is Canada News Today, bringing you the city's fastest updates on what is happening now. In the small town of Chuella, the Columbia Community Creamery just launched cheese production after polling customers on their favorites for the past. Six months, they're turning local milk into fresh curds and planting more varieties, marking a big step for this non-profit dairy operation. The creamery formed in 2022 by uniting three local farms, Clover Mountain Dairy, Handaman Dairy, and Lake Wolf Creamery. These partners process and sell milk right in the community, and now cheese fits perfectly into that mix. Customers raved about flavors like feta, cheddar, and mozzarella, so the team kicked things off two weeks ago with fun curd options using spices from. A Spokane business. It's tricky at first time in cultures and rented just right, but they've got the routine down now. Looking ahead, expect fresh feta, Monterey Jack, and Pepper Jack, on shelves in the next two weeks.

1:01This shift highlights cheese as a smart way to preserve milk, stretching the fresh product further. To ramp up cheese making, they scaled back milk sales and pulled out of over 10 spots in Spokane and Stevens counties, focusing energy where it counts most for the community.