From Field to Fork: Our Short-Chain Durum Wheat Supply

There is a time of year when our durum wheat supply chain comes to life. The fields of Basilicata and Puglia turn gold, combine harvesters move slowly through the ears of grain, and the air carries the unmistakable scent of freshly cut wheat. This is the harvest — and for us, it is also where everything begins.

The Supply Chain We Chose to Build

The pasta we produce is born from a wheat we know by name, by origin, by territory. This is made possible by a system called “Grano Duro 5G”— a supply chain agreement that binds every link in the chain: those who grow, those who store, those who mill, those who transform semolina into Pasta di Gragnano IGP (PGI).
Every format we produce carries with it a story that begins long before the pasta factory — among the golden wheat fields of Southern Italy. And you can taste it.

The Consorzio di Tutela del Grano Duro Appulo Lucano: the guardian of the supply chain

At the heart of the supply chain is the Consorzio di Tutela e Valorizzazione del Grano Duro Appulo Lucano, which brings together 59 farming companies and a milling industry that collectively cultivate around 4,000 hectares of land in the areas surrounding Matera, between Puglia and Basilicata. Behind every hectare there is a family: people who have known wheat for generations, who have learned its seasonal rhythms, who have made it their identity and their craft. The Consorzio's mission is precisely to preserve this heritage and guarantee the authenticity of Appulo Lucano durum wheat.

When the harvest became a collective celebration

There is an Italy that still celebrates wheat. In Southern Italy, the harvest has always carried the feeling of a shared achievement — music, tables laden with food, and communities gathered together. It was not just the end of a season's work, but the moment when the land gave back what had been entrusted to it. An ancient rite that in some areas still survives today, and that tells us what it means to cultivate with care.

It is from this culture that our pasta is born.