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Monday, 11 February 2008

A happy herd of cows

A member of the West Country group, Brue Valley Farms is a group of three family farms, set in the beautiful Somerset levels below Glastonbury Tor, producing top quality handmade West Country Farmhouse Cheddar. The traditional craft cheesemaking has been handed down from generation to generation and Brue Valley’s award-winning Cheddar has a distinctive character and a wonderfully rich and lingering flavour.

The Clapp family at Brue Valley believe that a happy cow produces the best milk and that its the quality of the milk produced by their dairy herd that helps make their cheese so special. So what is the secret behind the Clapp’s success? Well, a Channel Five News team recently headed for the Tor to find out more…

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