Kostroma farmers, especially cheese producers, over the past two years were able to significantly improve the economic performance of their work. It happened once in Russia was banned the import of agricultural products from the United States and several European countries.

"Thanks to the import substitution Kostroma enterprises that produce competitive agricultural products, have been able to increase production from 13 to 23 billion rubles. They are in demand in the market and continue to increase production", — said Oleg Skobelkin.

He explained that one of the most popular products produced by local farmers, was the cheese, which tourists specially travel to Kostroma in the "gastronomic tours".

One of the main directions of attracting tourists to the region was the development of the brand "Kostroma - the cheese capital of Russia". The demand for Kostroma cheese, is so high that when visiting "Cheese exchange" tourists line up and take out from Kostroma cheese whole heads as an edible souvenir. Along with traditional hard cheeses, local producers established the manufacture of soft cheeses on Italian technology