A long-idled cheese plant is re-opening for business, providing a major outlet for strugging dairy farmers across northern Vermont and New York.
Swan Valley Cheese Company of New Jersey announced Tuesday it is ready to reopen the former Lucille and VIA cheese plant in the town's industrial park.
Gov. Peter Shumlin joined Swan Valley CEO Chris Lotito to cut the ribbon on the remodeled plant.
Lotito's company has invested heavily in the facility, which is packed with gleaming new stainless steel equipment.
"We'll be making many different types of cheeses, starting with Italian cheeses and going into other artisan cheeses," Lotito told several dozen local dignitaries, lawmakers, and company staff under a tent outside the plant. "We hope to see these cheeses in every supermarket in the country," he said.
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