Slow Food presidia protect traditional products at risk of extinction, ensuring that traditional processing methods are handed down from one generation to the next and, in so doing, safeguard native breeds, local plant varieties and unique rural landscapes and ecosystems. In Italy, there are 348 presidia. Let’s discover some of these unique Italian food products.  

Fiore sardo: Sardinia’s signature cheese

Fiore sardo is Sardinia’s signature cheese. The fiore sardo Slow Food presidium was established to protect the ancient cheese-making traditions of Sardinian shepherds, the first artisanal producers of this cheese said to date back to the Bronze age.