Latteria Turnaria Cheese

The latteria turnaria, a type of cooperative dairy, was once common in Friuli, Veneto, Trentino and Slovenia. The tradition started in 1880, the year the “turnaria” system was institutionalized, and the first was opened in Maniago. They then spread by the score around the whole Friulian area.
In the latterie turnarie, members would take it in turns to make their own cheese , which they would then market themselves. The system, based on cooperative ideals, began to be abandoned following the Second World War, before being dealt a fatal blow by the 1976 earthquake. The subsequent reconstruction led to the closure of many dairies and a concentration of farms. The few remaining turnarie dairies managed to survive for a few decades but then began to close too, following the gradual disappearance of small family farms and an agricultural policy that pushed producers to merge dairies in order to obtain the certifications and quantities needed for national sales and export.

Season

Available all year round