Eating cheese is a political act

The Cheese has always had a dual purpose: firstly to bring together cheesemakers, herders, and affineurs from across the world in Bra in an event that represents the vanguard of quality in the dairy world, and secondly to celebrate this quality with our hundreds of thousands of visitors who, through Cheese, have adopted a new approach to the consumption of dairy.

But how did all of this happen over the 14 editions of the event held biennially since 1997? Cheese broke the mold from its very first year, demonstrating how eating cheese – a certain type of cheese – is ultimately a political act.

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