I came across an interesting BBC story about a rural development project in western China -- making Yak cheese.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5281250.stm
As the article points out, cheese is not a big item in China. After all, dairy herds have never been part of the culture -- not enough land, I suppose.
Anyhow, what's particularly interesting about the effort is that it's being supported by a non-profit foundation run by Asians and Asian Americans, Ventures in Development.
This is the only ViD web presence I could find, so far:
http://yaks4d.blogspot.com/
Posted by raacluse at August 25, 2006 10:57 PM