Our Family Company was founded at the end of the nineteenth century in Barge, Piedmonte, at the foot of the Cunese hills. An area naturally rich in woodland and mushrooms, it was here that the culture of conserving the Cep mushrooms using entirely natural methods originated. The founder, LORENZO GALFRE' was a mushroom merchant who, together with his wife, decided to preserve this important resource in olive oil in "Burnie" jars, thereby making it available all year round. He set himself up in an old room in the historical centre of the town, directly under the family home and began the preparation of the mushrooms, attaining immediate success. The first customers were the shopkeepers of the elite Turinese and restaurants frequented by the nobility of the time: 'Il Cambio'