PRODUCTIONS: THE STABLE MEADOWS OF THE MINCIO VALLEY

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Luigi Cammarota

SD Cinematografica

43 min.

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The magical and fortunate encounter between a particular nature of the land and human ingenuity, in a territory rich in water has given life to stable meadows. It is an ultra-sustainable agricultural technique. Land not processed for at least five years where the most valuable fodder grows, are the basis of the production of the most sold, loved and copied cheese with the best-selling, loved and copied designation of origin in the world, Grana Padano. In the area of the Mincio valley, in an area protected by a Park, there are the oldest stable meadows and appreciated by dairy farmers in the area of Mantua and Verona. Here the destinies of spontaneous plant essences were intertwined in the last century with the industriousness of an ethnic group whose origins are confused in legend: the Cimbri, bloodthirsty barbarians, or tireless lumberjacks?