South Edmeston is a
hamlet (and census-designated place)
on the
Unadilla River
The Unadilla River is a river in the Central New York Region of New York State. The river begins northeast of the hamlet of Millers Mills and flows generally south to the village of Sidney, where it converges with the Susquehanna River, which d ...
in the
Town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Edmeston in
Otsego County, New York, United States.
This area had been a center of dairy farming and cheese production since the nineteenth century.
Kraft Foods had operated a cheese plant in South Edmeston starting in the year 1920. They originally produced Philadelphia brand
cream cheese. Later they switched over to
Breyers yogurt, and the plant employed about 55 workers.
In December 2004, Kraft announced that the plant would close on April 8, 2005. Following its closure, the plant was bought by the company Agro Farma under Turkish entrepreneur
Hamdi Ulukaya. In 2007, it launched the
Chobani brand of
Greek yogurt. Thanks to the surge in popularity of Greek yogurt, as of 2011, the company employs 600 workers at its South Edmeston headquarters and production facility, and continues to expand.
References
{{Otsego County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Otsego County, New York