Can Gouda’s Cheesemakers Stall a Sinking Future? The small city where the renowned Dutch cheese is made is subsiding as sea levels rise. Experts say the industry may not survive there
The small city where the renowned Dutch cheese is made is subsiding as sea levels rise. Experts say the industry may not survive there, even with the ingenuity of the country’s water managers.
To everyone enjoying their Gouda abroad, the milk industry has a huge role in the land subsidence and peat oxidation in the western and northern Netherlands.
You ever seen a cheesemonger in the Netherlands cut the wax off a wheel of Gouda? It’s legitimately impressive. Fuck I need some Gouda now. They make a goat variety which makes my mouth water…