Make America Grate Again? There's 1.4 Billion Pounds Of Surplus Cheese In The U.S.
There is enough cheddar, American and Swiss currently sitting in cold storage to form a wheel the size of the U.S. Capitol building.
Americans are eating more cheese now than ever before: The country consumed around 37 pounds per capita in 2017. But it’s not enough to make a dent in the U.S.’ 1.4 billion-pound cheese surplus.
More than 900,000 cubic yards of cheddar, American and Swiss currently sit in cold storage across the United States, enough cheese to form a wheel the size of the U.S. Capitol building. The excess is the biggest the country has seen since the
