Sheep vs. Sheep in Basque Country - The Atlantic Food Channel

May 28 2009

Strange things are afoot in the Basque country, a region spanning parts of France and Spain with an age-old cheese-making tradition. National identity is invoked; politicians, unions, and environmentalists weigh in on the conflict. The bone of contention: the introduction of super-productive Israeli-origin assaf sheep into the age-old territory of the indigenous latxa.

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