J2K Capraio starts Indiana’s first underground cheese cave

Photo by Gabrielle Sukich
Photo by Gabrielle Sukich
Jody Klinedinst says it's very important to handle the goats when they are little, so that they will be comfortable around people as adults.
Photo by Gabrielle Sukich
Joe and Jody Klinedinst are already selling some of their cave-aged cheeses, and their team is working tirelessly to get the cave totally filled up by late this fall. Joe says the cave can hold around 20,000 pounds of cheese at full capacity.
Photo by Gabrielle Sukich
Joshua Barnhart bottle feeds a baby Nubian goat to help get her used to interacting with humans. Barnhart is partnering with the Klinedinsts on a new regional wholesale cheese distribution company, Cheese Savors.
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Nubian goats, just one of the breeds raised at J2K Capraio farm, have “long pendulous ears and Roman noses,” says Joe Klinedinst, and they are known for having really high butter fat in their milk.