When Tobias Giacomini left Northern Italy in 1904 for the fertile lands of California, little did he know that his search for gold would instead lead him to the riches of farming — and a family legacy that would endure for generations to come.
Four generations later, the farm has been reimagined by three of his great-granddaughters.
“None of us knew we would go into the family business,” said Jill Giacomini Basch, one of his great-granddaughters. “We were not interested in doing this at all.” Today, Giacomini Basch, along with two of her three sisters, runs the family business now known as Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company.
Since 2000, Giacomini Basch has served as chief marketing officer, with sister Lynn Giacomini Stray serving as chief operating officer. Diana Giacomini Hagan officially came on board as chief financial officer in January 2009. The fourth sister, Karen Giacomini Howard, did work on the farm and has since retired.
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