Norwegian farmer is world’s top cheese producer

It just goes to show that being the biggest isn’t necessarily best as a small farmer from Norway is officially the best cheese producer in the world. With a herd of only 12 Norwegian Red cows, farmer Jorn Hafslund from Ostegarden won the accolade in November 2018 with his gouda, Fanaost, emerging as the top cheese of 3,472 entries from all over the world. Award winning Fanaost variety The 25th World Cheese Awards were held at Bergen in Norway and attracted entries from 40 countries. Category