At the dawn of 2020, veteran cheesemaker Veronica Pedraza had the final pieces of her business plan in place to open Blakesville Creamery—her dreamery, as she calls it—that she began planning in 2018. And then COVID hit.

At the dawn of 2020, veteran cheesemaker Veronica Pedraza had the final pieces of her business plan in place to open Blakesville Creamery—her “dreamery,” as she calls it—that she began planning in 2018. And then COVID hit.

At the dawn of 2020, veteran cheesemaker Veronica Pedraza had the final pieces of her business plan in place to open Blakesville Creamery—her dreamery, as she calls it—that she began planning in 2018. And then COVID hit.

Twelve hundred goats. A sleek new state-of-the-art dairy. Upgraded barns. New employees. A huge investment in the future and then…Covid shut down the world.