This episode has everything. Cheese caves, cheese operas, cheese lagoons, and an explanation of ham salad.
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DiModica, Callie. “Cheese Caves and Food Surpluses: Why the U.S. Government currently stores 1.4 billion lbs of cheese.” The Farmlink Project, https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese.
Hubbell, Diana. “Why Did the U.S. Government Amass More Than a Billion Pounds of Cheese?” Atlas Obscura, 24 May 2022, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/government-cheese.
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