The more we see, the more we realize how amazing this place is. In addition to hosting Italy’s leading food festival, Squisito, which this year is highlighting social programs that use food to address inequity (thus Rubicon’s presence), the San Patrignano community runs multiple high quality businesses:
- There is a dairy farm on premises which make several award winning cheeses
- There is a carpentry business that manufactures high end cabinets primarily used to outfit yachts
- There is a winery which produces numerous varietals that are shipped internationally
- There is wrought iron foundry which creates both sculptural and architectural products
- There is a horse breeding farm which raises and trains horses for international horse jumping competitions. Last year their team won a world championship. There is an enormous jumping course on the campus that is the site of a major annual competition
- There is the leading private hospital for the whole district which specializes in HIV/AIDS services. Originally created for the residents who were former IV drug users who became diagnosed in the 1980’s in the early days of the epidemic, it has become the treatment center of choice for the community at large because of the high quality of care
- All the energy for the entire community is created at the co-generation plant which runs on the methane created by the farms and waste water treatment plan.
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