The main aspects of alternative employment based on the organization of cheese making in K (F) X and private household plots, the history of cheese making and the healing properties of cheeses are considered. Foreign experience and classification of cheeses, promising technologies for their production and distinctive features are given. Modern packaging materials and cheese coatings, machinery and equipment for mini-factories and cheese factories in K (F) X and private household plots are presented. Recommendations are given on the organization of cheese factories, marketing of cheese making.