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That's why greg went to seattle to speak with brad. >> i didn't even ask him if he was interested because i knew the answer would be no. greg, if i wasn't interested in coming to work with you i wouldn't have had lunch with you. it took me by surprise. i wasn't anticipating that. >> people were surprised. i was doing pretty well where i was. why wouldn't i entertain something like this? again, i enjoy doing start ups. they're real fun. >> when we heard that he had accepted greg's offer and was kimming back, that hit the papers. cheese making is coming back, brad is coming back. it was a big de...

It turned into pure love. and brad eventually became the head of production. >> well, when we take a piece of cheese out and we cut it and put it in our mouths, and we go oh, my god, that is really good. that makes me proud. >> they all work together to feed the cows. >> that produces some of the best dairy in the entire country. >> it's just the flavor of the area. make the same cheese out of different milk from different areas, and they taste different. >> but even that special combination wasn't the enough to save the last remaining

Cheesemaker. they kept the name and moved production out to the midwest. they tore down the building and told brad senco and everyone else working there to go home. >> we no longer need your services and that was it. i walked out the door. >> brad went on to make award winning cheese for one of the premier producers in seattle. most of the other employees moved on, as well. >> people left, you know, there's no jobs, you can't make a living here. >> and it just -- it went down. i mean, the schools shrank, the drug problem grew, it just -- it changed. >> not only were the jobs lost, but the town...

Relationship with cheese making, it turned into pure love, and brad eventually became the head of production. >> well, when we take a piece of cheese out and we cut it and we put it in our mouths, and we go, oh, my god, that is really good, that makes me proud. >> bandon was 9 perfect spot for cheese making, the climate, the ocean, all worked together to feed the cows that produced milk that gave the cheese its distinctive flavor. >> the grass here is extremely green and fertile. >> we're on the sand, and the beach. could be the way the water filters through it. >> it produces some of the best...

The town back to work and they're creating a business which is on track to become a national brand. nearly 15 years ago, as the last cheese factory in bandon, oregon, closed its doors, the town lost a part of its soul. >> i think there's a lot of stories out there for why it exactly happened. but it was basically consolidation, you know, eliminating a competitor. >> for more than a hundred years, the area had been known for its cheddar cheese. >> in the 1800s, there were ten cheese factories in bandon and lots of dairies, cows everyone where. >> by mid century, there was just one factory left,...