France to relax cheese production rules after drought takes toll on grazing land
Comté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese. Photograph: Didier Zylberyng/AlamyView image in fullscreenComté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese. This means producers must follow rigid rules on where their animals graze and what they eat.View image in fullscreenPastures in the French Alps are normally lush and green but have been left dry and bare by the drought.
- ▪Comté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese.
- ▪Photograph: Didier Zylberyng/AlamyView image in fullscreenComté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese.
- ▪This means producers must follow rigid rules on where their animals graze and what they eat.View image in fullscreenPastures in the French Alps are normally lush and green but have been left dry and bare by the drought.
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Comté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese. Photograph: Didier Zylberyng/AlamyView image in fullscreenComté, a hard cheese made from raw cows’ milk in the Jura mountains, is France’s top-selling traditional cheese. Photograph: Didier Zylberyng/AlamyFranceFrance to relax cheese production rules after drought takes toll on grazing landComté, beaufort and abondance makers can temporarily supplement cows’ diets as there is ‘no grass left to eat’Angelique Chrisafis in ParisThu 27 Aug 2026 00.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 27 Aug 2026 00.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleStrict production rules will be loosened for some of France’s most famous cheeses after drought and repeated heatwaves dried out grazing pastures,…
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