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A Rice Farmer, Extreme Heat, and the Plain That Feeds Italy
A northern Italian rice farmer is reviving historic varieties and encouraging wildlife to counter heat-driven production decline, The Local Italy reports.
Giulia Benati · 470 words
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Geography & climate
Humid continental; foggy winters, hot summers, flood-prone rivers.
The Po plain along the ancient Via Emilia, the Apennine ridge, the Adriatic Riviera at Rimini.
Economy & culture
Food (Parmigiano, prosciutto, balsamico), supercars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati), packaging machinery, cooperatives.
Italy's oldest university, a cooperative and left civic tradition, Fellini's Rimini, food as identity.