{"id":265833,"date":"2025-05-31T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/behind-the-label-an-investigation-into-italys-buffalo-mozzarella-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T19:46:11","slug":"behind-the-label-an-investigation-into-italys-buffalo-mozzarella-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=265833","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Label: An Investigation into Italy&#8217;s Buffalo Mozzarella Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antonio Palmieri, owner of Tenuta Vannulo, an intensive water buffalo dairy farm, poses in his office. The farm houses approximately 600 water buffalo cows, with cows currently in milk production kept in a visitor-accessible paddock. Other sheds house cows on a production break, males, and calves. 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