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Cheesemaking continued to flourish in Europe and became an established food. In fact, the Pilgrims included cheese in the Mayflower's supplies when they made their voyage to America in 1620.
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In 1845, a band of Swiss immigrants settled in Green County, Wisconsin and started the manufacturing of foreign cheese in America. Most
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It wasn't until 1851 that the first cheese factory in the United States was built by Jesse Williams in Oneida County, New York.
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Total natural cheese production grew from 418 million pounds in 1920 to 2.2 billion pounds by 1970.
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Gorgonzola was made in the Po Valley in Italy in 879 A.D., and Italy became the cheesemaking center of Europe during the 10th Century. Roquefort was also