Famous French cheeses at risk from climate change

Paris: Global warming is threatening the production of some of France's most famed cheeses because increasingly frequent extreme weather is affecting how much fresh local grass cows eat.

Fourme d'Ambert blue-veined French cheese from the
region of Auvergne is among the cheeses at risk.

Producers say it is becoming physically impossible to respect appellation rules imposed on a number of cheeses that limit the amount of dry hay livestock can consume.

And they are increasingly having to ask French food authorities to relax those strict conditions so they are allowed to sell their cheeses.

Read the story from The Age by Henry Samuel - “Famous French cheeses at risk from climate change.”