The concentration of the establishments producing Modena Ham in a well-delimited zone is not at all casual.
Moreover, this is a production process which has its roots in history: discoveries made and authoritative bibliographies reveal that production of ham in these zones was already taking place in Etruscan times.
In fact a strong connection has always existed between a natural environment, favourable for animal husbandry, and an agricultural/industrial system, capable of transforming the agricultural production.