Is there such thing as sustainable cheese?

The real cheddar on the footprint of our dairy habit.

If you cruise online forums about the struggles of newbie plant-forward eaters, you’ll notice a common theme: It’s hard to give up cheese. That makes sense, because in the U.S. we eat a lot of it, upwards of 34 pounds per person a year, according to the U.S.D.A. 

Cheese is up there with meat in terms of its impact on the environment, so if we’re talking …