Credito Emiliano accepts wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano as collateral. A warming climate is putting that unusual system to the test.

Extreme heat is squeezing Italy's "cheese banks", the climate-controlled vaults in Emilia-Romagna where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano Reggiano wheels sit as collateral for…

Il caldo estremo mette a dura prova le "banche del formaggio" in Emilia-Romagna, depositi climatizzati dove le forme di Parmigiano Reggiano garantiscono prestiti agricoli, facendo…