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Local Feta Enjoying A Renaissance

By & Elsp • Dec 20, 2012

Credit Allen Healy

At least four dairies in our region are producing feta cheese, and one is on Martha's Vineyard.  On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay speaks with Bonnie Alexander of Mermaid Farm and Dairy in Chilmark about making feta. It's one way the dairy uses surplus winter milk to create a product they can sell in summer.

Find out more about local feta, and get Elspeth's recipe for Warm Spinach, Red Onion, and Feta Salad, at her blog Diary of a Locavore.

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