South Edmeston, New York

South Edmeston Cheese Factory

South Edmeston is a hamlet on the Unadilla River in the Town of Edmeston in Otsego County, New York. It is located at coordinates 42°41′04″N 75°19′03″W / 42.6844°N 75.3176°W / 42.6844; -75.3176.

Kraft Foods had operated a cheese plant in South Edmeston starting in the year 1920. They originally produced Philadelphia cream cheese, but then switched over to Breyers yogurt, and the plant employed about 55 workers. In December 2004, Kraft announced that the plant would close on April 8, 2005. Following its closure, the plant was bought by the company Agro Farma, which launched the Chobani brand of Greek yogurt in 2007. Thanks to the surge in popularity of Greek yogurt, as of 2011, the company employs 600 workers at its South Edmeston headquarters and production facility, and continues to expand.^[1]

Municipalities and communities of Otsego County, New York, United States County seat: Cooperstown City Oneonta Towns Burlington Butternuts Cherry Valley Decatur Edmeston Exeter Hartwick Laurens Maryland Middlefield Milford Morris New Lisbon Oneonta Otego Otsego Pittsfield Plainfield Richfield Roseboom Springfield Unadilla Westford Worcester Villages Cherry Valley Cooperstown Gilbertsville Laurens Milford Morris Otego Richfield Springs Unadilla CDPs Edmeston Hartwick Schenevus West End Worcester Other hamlets Burlington Flats East Springfield Fly Creek Schuyler Lake Silver Lake South Edmeston Springfield Center West Burlington West Edmeston‡ Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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