New Jersey's 'Cheese Renaissance'

Wisconsin is clearly America’s cheese capital. After all, why else would “cheeseheads” wear hats shaped like wedges of cheddar?

New Jerseyans are way too dignified for that — but the Garden State is having its own cheese renaissance.

Delicious artisanal cheeses are being hand-crafted at a number of creameries throughout the state — and New Jerseyans are looking to buy local, authentic and sustainable foods.

The farms are family-owned and intimate enough that the cheese makers are on a first-name basis with their cows, sheep, goats. The animals are grazed in peaceful pastures — sometimes on preserved farmland — and the cheeses are made in small batches that vary seasonally.

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