A blue cheese production facility with a capacity of over 340 tons per year will be built in the Moscow region.

FERMER OLEG SIROTA LLC has received a permit to build a blue cheese production facility in the Istra municipal district. The project is expected to attract approximately 163 million rubles in investment.
The Moscow Region Ministry of Agriculture and Food noted that in 2023, as part of the "Land for 1 Ruble" program, the company began construction of a CHEESE FACTORY on a 5-hectare plot of land. Once it reaches its design capacity, the facility will produce 342 tons of blue cheese annually. The project will create approximately 20 jobs for residents of the municipal district.
The Moscow Region Ministry of Agriculture also added that the sole proprietor, the HEAD of the farm, registered his business in 2014. The farm's product range includes hard and semi-hard cheeses , yogurts, and dairy products . In 2016, the peasant farm was named the winner of a competition to select family livestock farms. The grant funds were used to build a 100-head cattle farm , a milking and dairy unit, and purchase 100 cows. Also in 2017, the farm received a grant to support cheese producers, purchasing cheesemaking equipment. Currently, production volume is 600 heads of cheese, or 3.5 tons, per day. Last year, it produced over 1,300 tons of cheese, 45 tons of butter, 87.5 tons of cottage cheese, and approximately 3,000 jars of sour cream, yogurt, fermented baked MILK, and milk.