The Stories Italy
Rarely Tells

From everyday heroes to quiet revolutions, we report on the people and ideas shaping Italy from the ground up.

A Taranto grower’s app maps Apulia’s fresh harvests

A Taranto farmer tired of missed sales built a free app that connects growers directly with hungry neighbors and tourists.

King Charles remembers Petrini as Terra Madre opens

The first Terra Madre without Carlo Petrini opened in Turin with a warm, personal farewell from King Charles III.

Pastore on Zolla, tomatoes, and the real kilometro zero

A Taranto grower who codes built Zolla alone. In under 60 days it reached 13 regions, and a Slovenian buyer came knocking.

Sant’Andrea Priu, Sardinia’s past lives on underground

In Sardinia a neolithic tomb later turned into a Byzantine church preserves six millennia of history for curious visitors.

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