{"id":26627,"date":"2023-12-07T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/2023\/12\/07\/discovering-mountain-milk\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T12:56:25","slug":"discovering-mountain-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/2023\/12\/07\/discovering-mountain-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering mountain milk"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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If you are a milk lover, you may have wondered what makes mountain milk special. <\/b>Let’s delve together into how it is produced and why it is so valuable. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What does mountain milk look like?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The term “mountain milk,” as you can easily guess from the name, refers to milk produced in mountainous areas.<\/span> It can come from cows, goats or sheep, which live in the so-called mountain pastures in summer. Mountain pastures are rich in fresh grass, flowers and other typical plants<\/b> Of which dairy animals are greedy. And it is because of this particular diet that their milk <\/span>has a full and fragrant flavor, which, according to many, is reminiscent of the “old-fashioned” flavor. <\/b>For example, so-called “hay milk” has a herbal aftertaste because it is produced by cows eating fresh grass in summer and hay in winter. <\/span><\/p>\n

About <\/span>winter<\/b>, when this season arrives, according to the age-old tradition of transhumance,<\/span> farmers move animals further downstream. By doing so, they can protect them from the cold and give them the right nourishment to cope with it. <\/b>But in winter, not all mountain pastures close their doors-some, for example, host cheese production.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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When can milk be called mountain milk?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For a milk to be called <\/b>
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Why is mountain milk so valuable?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mountain milk is so valuable precisely because <\/span>is made according to rules that allow producers to guarantee the goodness of the drink, the transparency of the supply chain and the care of the animals.<\/b> In addition,<\/span> the continuation of historical agricultural practices, together with the short distances between the barn and the processing site, help maintain ecosystems, preserving biodiversity.<\/b> That’s why mountain milk is so valuable-now that you know, you can enjoy it with more flavor!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s what makes it special<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supply-chains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26629,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26627\/revisions\/26629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firmatodagliagricoltoriitaliani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}