Every loaf that comes out of Grani's ovens in Vittoria, Sicily, begins with the same sourdough starter, one that's been kept alive since the 1960s.

In 1978, a group of young farmers near Verona took on an abandoned farmstead and turned it into a dairy cooperative. Nearly fifty years on, Ca' Verde is still run the same way — own animals, own land, own dairy, nothing bought in. Here's their story, and what's new on our shelves.

Meet Pastificio Minardo, the Modica pasta-maker who helped bring three nearly-extinct Sicilian wheats back from the brink.

Meet Amedeo, the Tuscan farmer reviving ancient wheats in the Val d'Orcia – and why his slow, traditional pasta tastes so different.

Warner's Distillery is the brainchild of Tom and Tina Warner. A husband and wife from England and Ireland, the couple grew up in farming families which gave them a strong work ethic, great love of food and drink, and a respect for the natural world that provides for us.