Stories: Estrella Family Creamery: ducey_cheese_estrella_12

Kelli Estrella closes a gate at the Estrella Family Creamery in Montesano,Wash. on November 4, 2010. {quote}I'd like to get back up and get going again.{quote} she says regarding the Food and Drug Administration ordering them to stop processing cheeses after it found listeria bacteria on some of the cheeses this year. The family says they have made many renovations on the farm and the bacteria is only found on the soft cheese, not everything. They believe they should be allowed to resume making cheese and sell the hard cheeses they have already made at the facility. The creamery is one of Washington’s most famous artisan cheesemakers. (photo credit Karen Ducey)

Kelli Estrella closes a gate at the Estrella Family Creamery in Montesano,Wash. on November 4, 2010. "I'd like to get back up and get going again." she says regarding the Food and Drug Administration ordering them to stop processing cheeses after it found listeria bacteria on some of the cheeses this year. The family says they have made many renovations on the farm and the bacteria is only found on the soft cheese, not everything. They believe they should be allowed to resume making cheese and sell the hard cheeses they have already made at the facility. The creamery is one of Washington’s most famous artisan cheesemakers. (photo credit Karen Ducey)