Ellsworth, about 50 miles southeast of Minneapolis, was named cheese curd capital in 1984 by virtue of the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, a big cheese maker that operates 24 hours a day and employs 110 people.

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Why punish a hapless French cheese-maker or Italian vineyard for the sins of their governments?

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Here cheese-maker Alastair Pearson takes 90, 000 litres of milk a year from five biodynamic farms and turns it into enormous rounds of nutty, muslin-wrapped cheddar, creamy brie, Swiss-style mountain cheese, gouda and mature, tangy tomme.

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Annie's, maker of Bunny Pasta with Yummy Cheese, has just gone public.

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The move to expand the U.S. maker of Oscar Meyer hot dogs, Oreo cookies and carroty-colored cheese-food slices, seems in stark contrast to the policies of Rosenfeld's predecessor.

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