7 Ways To Sustainably Eat Cheese

Cheesemongers give tips on how to buy and store cheese in an environmentally conscious way

- Clare Finney

1 KEEP IT WELL

Many fridge designs have a little shelf in the door labelled ‘cheese’ or ‘dairy’. Don’t be fooled, says Jason Hinds, director at Neal’s Yard Dairy. ‘Fridges are very dry environments.’ If you’re buying cheese in a packet, then where you store it in the fridge makes no difference; but a quality cheese will suffer if not looked after properly. The best place to put it is in the bottom drawer of the fridge, which is less open and therefore less exposed to cold, dry air, while not being sealed off entirely. ‘If it’s in the same drawer as your lettuce, there is some air getting to it – but there’s also some moisture,’ says Hinds. ‘Dry environments and environments where the cheese can’t get any air are the two big don’ts.’

2 Buy quality cheese to cook with