Share this article How does a culture exist for thousands of years while simultaneously conserving the environment? Lola Akinmade Åkerström heads to northern Sweden to find out. “You need warmer clothes,” Nils tells me at our very first meeting. I’ve just landed roughly 150 kilometers inside the Arctic Circle during the darkest time of winter. […]
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Meet One of Italy's Few Female Cow Herders
Roberta Colombero’s life is one of hardship and dedication. Tending to a herd of cows using traditional methods means hard work, no fixed times and having to deal with whatever nature throws at you. Every summer the cows she and her mother and father own need to be moved to the mountains, the so-called transumanza. […]
Meet One of Italy's Few Women Cow Herders
Roberta Colombero’s life is one of hardship and dedication. Tending to a herd of cows using traditional methods means hard work, no fixed times and having to deal with whatever nature throws at you. Every summer the cows she and her mother and father own need to be moved to the mountains, the so-called transumanza. […]
