Missouri Cheese Caves Exposed

This one is just for TKC to cut, savor and share with a stupid grin . . .

Andrew M. Novaković, professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University, explains that Missouri’s cheese caverns were once enormous man-made caves that were dug for mining purposes. “Once the mining operations played out, the remaining system of caverns were recognized as an opportunity for climate-controlled storage with massive holding capacity and access,“ says Novaković. “The caverns have extremely tall ceilings that are able to accommodate large tractor trailers and can run into the millions of square feet, meant for large equipment to easily drive in and around to drop their loads.”

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