Foodie culture is obsessed
with authenticity.

But when we get Moroccan honey,

San Marzano, tomatoes, that means
shipping food carbon emissions,

plenty of waste and excess packaging for
food. That sometimes not even is fresh,

or it's delicious. Adam covid-19
and you have a whole new problem,

Frozen Supply chains or closed borders.

Yes, that's changing how we eat and
forcing us to also get with local

some countries like Russia have
a lot of experience with this.

Jay close has been a
nightclub promoter in Spain.

A tour, boat owner in France and
a celebrity chef in Australia.

Now the American lives in Russia where
he's at a cheese maker to the list.

Every every person have a different
hand and this hand makes cheese.

You could be more aggressive
and you'll have another cheese.

You could be more careful.
You have another cheese.

You can eat him half a degree High.

Fire.

You have another cheese

clothes uses local ingredients to make
European favorites like Theta ghouta

and ricotta flavors that
began to make their way here

after the fall of the Soviet Union.

So I,

I grew up in Wisconsin and we were always
met, you know, we had chatter pepperjack,

all sorts of, you know,
real sharp. Cheese's,

love this stuff and then I came to Russia

and it was like, these was white and didn't
taste like anything tastes like plastic.

It's what made you decide to start
making your own cheese, you know,

one thing, you learn Russian with the
law. The rush is prepare for winter.

So, being prepared means

Eating good stuff.

For years, Russia important
as much cheese. Is it produced

until 2014 Russia annexed Crimea,

the US and the EU slap sanctions on Russia

and President. Putin, responded by
Banning food imports from those countries.

Cheese makers like close saw sales.

Go way up Russian production
increased by at least 50%.

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and how did the conversation has
changed the industry sanctions

more interest in people making cheese
like oh we don't need. We have Jay.

Yeah, right.

50 kilos a day.

A, I am I going to feed Russian, you know,

Jay will save us. I'm like,
what people are funny. Yeah.

But some people are more confident
and local producers ability

to fill the giant cheesy hole
left by the counter sanctions.

Hey Kitty, girl, shook of
imported Italian cheese

until the food embargo forced
him to start making his own.

Tastes like cheese with

with Walnut kind of a
sweet dessert e crunch.

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After the Embargo,

the government started giving
out subsidies and tax breaks

to boost domestic production.

Something sure shook of believes

is giving Russians, a chance to catch
up to the world's cheese makers.

But the Russian cheese Revolution is

For everybody, imported Foods, were
always too expensive for most Russians.

Meaning locally-made burrata will
probably never be on their shopping list

and economists are skeptical that the
people who could afford fancy cheese

are going to see local versions as anything
other than a second right? Substitute.

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The drive for food Independence
has protected Russia

from Supply disruptions during
the pandemic. The government says,

It's also helped a fledgling,
farm-to-table movement here.

Yvonne and Sid, Gabe. It is oonski.

Have their own Farm to produce
ingredients for their restaurant.

Which in 2019 was named one
of the best in the world.

A lot of times you might think making
cheese. Oh my God, what a daunting thing.

It's actually the easiest
thing in the world.