Luca Perrino Little - January 18, 2009
section, page 09: Monfalcone
FOGLIANO - A major award went to Gabriel these days Benfield, owner a farm Redipuglia come from the magazine 'The Diary, "which placed him among the 15 people who have excelled in the region in 2008, along with names such as the Olympic champion Chiara Cainero, the mountaineer Nives Meroi or the chairman of the county council Renzo Tondo. Gabriele Benfield has the distinction of being among the few farmers who are fighting for the preservation of a becoming increasingly rare breed of cattle, or the Simmental Friuli. In his company, continuing his father's work Tullio, there are in fact descendants of two cows still red from Friuli where they were born recently two beautiful twin boys, who have revived, in many, the hope of saving this species. Today is obviously not possible to reach the milestone of 100% purity, as the species, in fact, was declared extinct in 1986, but when it comes to reach a sufficient number of cattle with a good percentage of Friuli, the official may issue a decision and you can clean these items, so re-establish the existence of the breed. For many years the family Benfield has fought to safeguard the general indifference of this our native breed, even when they preferred to other more productive breeds, such as Dutch. Today, fortunately, you start to recognize the value of our environmental and cultural heritage. After this important recognition, Gabriele Benfield has decided to propose in the future for schools to offer children in the region the opportunity, unique, to see with their eyes those same cows once they have worked with their grandparents and great grandparents.
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