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20-year cheddar is a ‘cheese milestone’

At $209 a pound, the cheese won’t be a wish every food lover will be able to fulfill. Yet, it’s something that will benefit the state. Cheese makers Tony and Julie Hook are donating $40,000 from the cheese sale — half its revenue — to the Center for Dairy Research and Babcock Hall building project underway on the UW-Madison campus.