🧀 “At Worth With” Masters of Mexican Cheese #OPBAtWorkWith

🧀 In the ‘90s, Francisco Ochoa’s family moved to Eugene, Oregon, from Guadalajara, Mexico, when he was around fourteen years old.

“My parents were looking for Mexican cheese in the markets, and unfortunately they couldn't find it,” said Ochoa, who we interviewed for our “At Work With” series, which asks Pacific Northwesterners from different professions what it’s like to do what they do.

This inspired his parents, and they got the whole family to start making queso fresco in their kitchen. Eventually, neighbors found out and wanted to buy the cheese from them. Soon enough, the whole community started buying the family’s homemade cheese.

“Most of the time, my dad would take me with him to go deliver cheese, to go sell cheese door to door,” Ochoa said.

Ochoa’s father Froylan’s dream was to open a creamery, but he didn’t know where to begin. In 2000, after a few years of selling cheese across Oregon, Froylan died.

A few years later, the family made their father’s dream a reality, opening Don Froylan Creamery. They now make fourteen styles of Mexican cheese and produce the best string cheese in the U.S., according to the American Cheese Society’s 2024 competition.

✏️✂️ by Mia Estrada
🎵 Courtesy of Audio Network

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[CapitalSharkAttack]

Proud to work for a company that distributes this cheese across California and the PNW!
AMERICA IS MADE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 🇺🇲

[danielkingery]

Probably oughta spell check the subtitle.🤦‍♂️
I mean, I guess with Public DEI inspired funding, you probly don't have to get it correct....but I would.