Benedetti Damiano

In Castiglione di Garfagnana, where farro has structured the local economy for centuries, Benedetti Damiano cultivates Farro della Garfagnana IGP, an ancient emmer wheat. It is a cereal recognizable by sight: the whitish veins running across the surface of the floury endosperm are its signature, a sign of both the terroir and careful harvesting at the right moment. The work extends beyond the field. In the fifteen municipalities of the protected area, the producer oversees the supply chain from the land to the mill, preserving the nutty character of the variety and the nutritional density that contemporary diets are rediscovering. It is a crop that demands patience and knowledge of the mountain calendar, and here it is not treated as a nostalgic niche but as a living foundation of Apennine nutrition, capable of competing with modern grains in terms of gastronomic yield and agronomic resilience. A cereal that continues to define, rather than merely decorate, the cuisine of this valley.

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