Greek feta is getting more expensive because sheep and goats are dying by the hundreds of thousands

Giannis Papastergiou’s animal farm is quiet now.

Last year, he found signs of sheep and goat pox among his flock. Months later, every animal was gone.

“There are people who have one dog and would die for that animal. Now just imagine having that many animals,” Papastergiou told Business Insider in April.

Papastergiou is one of thousands of Greek farmers hit by an outbreak of sheep and goat pox that is threatening the milk supply chain behind one of the country’s most valuable foods: feta.

Wherever the highly-contagious disease appears, Greek authorities require farmers to slaughter entire herds — including healthy animals. A single infected…

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