A famous Greek cheese could fall victim to price increases

In a small factory on the island of Naxos in Greece, workers have been making the famous graviera cheese for years. The crisis unfolding on the island’s farms raises fears that locally produced pale yellow wheels may soon disappear from the cheese counter. Dairy farmer Stelios Zevlis, standing among his cows in the scorching sunshine of May, says the soaring price of everything because of the war in Ukraine has made it impossible to feed his animals and forced to slaughter those who were too malnourished to produce enough milk. Feed prices have tripled, fuel, fertilizer and electricity prices have doubled. These animals are now pushing us into minus and making a loss - He told. If the state does not help us, there will be nothing left. The livestock is disappearing. According to local authorities, more than 300 cows and 30,000 goats and sheep have been slaughtered on the island in recent weeks. Farmers' concerns are exacerbated by the fact that Naxian graviera hard cheese, named ...