11/07/2025
🧀The first-ever Cheese was held almost three decades ago, in 1997, back when cheese carts in restaurants were still a rarity. Over the years we have told the story of an extraordinary biodiversity, made up of techniques and skills that can turn the same ingredients—milk, rennet, salt—into over 500 different cheeses in Italy alone and almost 2,000 in Europe and the rest of the world. This diversity paints a picture of landscapes, ecosystems, soils, pastures and forage plants.
🐮 This is true only if the cheeses are made of raw milk and if the dairy animals are allowed to graze on local grasses and hay. But these days artisanal raw-milk cheeses are at risk of extinction. Many small farms and dairies are closing because they cannot survive the high costs of production, the excessive bureaucracy which does not distinguish between artisanal and industrial and the lack of services afflicting mountain areas. New regulations are now being discussed that, if implemented, risk killing off the sector completely. So this year we have decided to talk not just about raw milk, but about the whole world around it. We want to explain what it represents and its environmental, social, cultural and economic value. And its significance, not just as part of the past but as an asset for the future.
💛 It’s finally time to Cheese! We’ll be back in Bra, from September 19 to 22, 2025, for the world’s biggest international event dedicated to raw-milk cheeses.
📍The event website is online, with an initial preview of the program. Look out for more updates from now until September. Follow us on our communication channels. Join in and let’s come together to make Cheese! 👉 https://cheese.slowfood.it/en/
📍 Taste Workshops 👉 https://cheese.slowfood.it/en/taste-workshops/
📍Conferences 👉 https://cheese.slowfood.it/en/conferences/
📍Full Program 👉 https://cheese.slowfood.it/en/event/
Slow Food International