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You can make good cheese in the United States, cheese is really about the recipe (and how much cream was left in the milk).

There just is nothing like the culture of cheese production, US foodstuffs are awful quality because the general public buys it up for some unknown reason.

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Wait. You just wrote that if America implemented a supply control system that milk prices would increase to $4/g with the implication being that increase in price would be unacceptable. Now you wrote that "US foodstuffs are awful quality because the general public buys it for some unknown reason." You can't have your cake and eat it too. Most likely the public has gotten used to low prices for low quality products. I have had amazing cheese in Vermont and it was expensive - probably because the producer had to use more milk fat which is more costly.

Supply control increases prices without increasing quality. High quality dairy gets even more expensive.

Agreed. I didn't suggest that supply control increases quality, and yes it does increase price. However in Canada it appears that the increase in price has returned a benefit to the consumer by the gov't restricting the use of certain drugs.

Raw milk cheese is typically easier to produce and far tastier. However, as far as I'm told, it is illegal in the USA. So there is a simple reason: Your fear. ;)

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