LATTERIA DI LIVIGNO
Our History
The beginning
Latteria was founded in 1954 as a rotating dairy, latteria turnaria. The farmers took turns collecting milk and processing it to produce butter and cheese.
1954
The beginning
Latteria was founded in 1954 as a rotating dairy, latteria turnaria. The farmers took turns collecting milk and processing it to produce butter and cheese.
1977
Latteria Agricola
Cooperativa
In 1977, thanks to the belief of a small number of farmers, the company became Latteria Agricola Cooperativa, around which the whole rural activity of Livigno revolves. Later on, alongside the main activity of milk collection and processing, the Municipality of Livigno entrusted the Cooperative with the management of the Municipal Agricultural Plan, including the supervision of the alpine pastures, the assignment of subsidies for the conservation and maintenance of the territory, and the economic support for agricultural activity.
2003
The Project
After 25 years, in which the headquarters and the processing laboratory were located in the centre of the village, in 2003 the project for the new tourist dairy was started.
2006
The Tourist Dairy
From the work that began in May 2005, the new Latteria Turistica took shape, and its new production started on July 6, 2006. The administrators of the Cooperative, with this structure, aimed to best combine the two elements that have always supported our valleys, namely agriculture and tourism, which represent the fundamental resources for the development of the Livigno community.
TODAY
Latteria di Livigno
The Livigno valley experienced complete winter isolation until just over 50 years ago. Until then, livestock products were the basis of subsistence for the inhabitants of our valleys: meat, wool, and especially milk. Reaching on foot to neighbouring Switzerland or Valtellina, butter and cheese were exchanged for other essential goods, such as flour and salt.
Since ancient times, cheese and butter have been the mainstays of the economy in this Alpine village, one of the highest in Europe.
Still in 2023, Latteria di Livigno offers its products to all Livigno citizens and tourists who want to taste real alpine milk and its related products.
After the beginning of the construction in May 2005, the new Tourist Dairy took shape, and started its new production activity on 6th July 2006.
In this building, the Cooperative’s administrators wanted to combine in the best possible way the two elements that always held up our valley, that is to say agriculture and tourism, which represent the fundamental resource for the development of Livigno’s community.
