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Caseificio Cugusi: Pioneers of Pecorino Cheese in Tuscany

In 1962, Raffaele Cugusi uprooted his entire family from an established life on the island of Sardinia and took them, sight unseen, to an abandoned farm in Tuscany. Italian farmers (mostly sharecroppers) were were leaving the land in droves for better paying factory or city jobs. Raffaele, an entrepreneur with a vision, had an instinct […]

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