Innovation in the Industry: Raising buffalo for milk, cheese and more (Salisbury, NC)
Story Date: 3/8/2021

 

Source: NCDA&CS, 2/26/21

Deep in the heart of Salisbury lives a unique farm, one of only five in the nation, that creates meat and cheese products from water buffalo. David and Faythe DiLoreto grew up far from the farming industry as a schoolteacher and a family physician. All of that changed, however, after a trip to Italy left their taste buds begging for more. “We fell in love with the mozzarella cheese in Italy, which is made with the milk from water buffalo,” David said, “but when we came home, we realized no one made it here, so we decided to do it ourselves thinking it can’t be that hard.” Starting out with a bull and four buffalo, David and Faythe quickly learned that everything with buffalo is a steep learning curve and no easy feat.

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