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Feta is approaching one billion euros in export value and global demand for milk is increasing. Behind this commercial success, however, Greek livestock farming is losing animals, farms, and people, while the country continues to ignore the real size of its livestock. The Greek milk and dairy sector today presents two completely different pictures. One is on the shelves abroad, where feta is winning markets, exports are increasing, and the major companies in the sector are expanding their size and influence. The other is in the Greek countryside, where farmers are becoming fewer, units are being consolidated, and farms that close rarely reopen. This distance between the success of the product and the weakening of its production base was highlighted in the intervention of the president of the National Interprofessional Organization of Feta Cheese, Michalis Sarantis, at the Cross-Party Agricultural Committee of Parliament. The discussion went beyond the limits of yet another hearing ...

AALSMEER – Say Netherlands, say cheese. Over the years, the versatility of this product has grown rapidly. This is not only due to the way cheese is consumed, but also the occasions for its use are increasing. From early morning until late evening: cheese can always be used, in any way. "There are opportunities that must be seized with both hands."

A stern warning to those who undermine the quality and reputation of feta through adulteration and illegal practices, that they "will get into trouble" was issued by the president of the National Interprofessional Organization of Feta, Michalis Sarantis, while also announcing an intensification of market controls and criminal prosecutions for those who defame the product without evidence.