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Flock of Suffolk sheep resting in the shade.

November 6 2020

Our suffolk sheep

The project stems from the fundamental idea of ”Respect for the environment and not to waste” which involves the recovery and disposal of water. As regards the water, a canalization system for white, gray and black water was created in the company; the gray and black waters end up after various settling tanks in the phytodepuration tanks, where the plants will take care of purifying it; the white water or rainwater to be understood has been channeled into a recovery tank where it will be reused for irrigation.

The water pumps and many farm equipment are powered by electricity, so the project involves the construction of a photovoltaic system on the two roofs of the agricultural annexes combined with an experimental wind power plant.

The waste material from the work in the fields, such as the pruning of the olive grove and the forestation system, will be used to power the multi-fuel boiler, the main source of heating for the various living rooms of the company.

The installation and commissioning of the solar panels will take care of the production of hot water.

The course targets all students as users

from maternal to high school
groups of adults
groups of foreigners, with the possibility of exposure for all in English and French

(The use of foreign languages will be contextualized to the method, becoming a support for it, where required or deemed appropriate due to the number of visitors)

November 6 2020

The path of the olive trees

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The path designed in the specialized olive grove of the company with about 600 plants, aims to introduce participants to all the characteristics of the plant and its fruit, including the transformation of the fruit into oil.

Obviously the practical part will be varied according to the time of the visit, it will pass from pruning in the months of February-March, to the harvest at the end of October-November, to spring fertilization, from the summer cleaning of the useless branches up to the transformation of the olives into a mill. November-December oil.

The theoretical part will always be ensured by videos and stories with the following schedule:

Illustration of the types of plants that make up the system and the reason for this choice
Soil care, fertilization, grassing
Various pruning systems depending on the type of collection that is used and reuse of waste
Various examples of olive harvesting: manual and mechanized
Transformation of the fruit in the mill and reuse of waste
Conservation of oil.

The path targets users

all students, from kindergarten to high school
groups of adults
groups of foreigners, with the possibility of exposure for all in English and French.

If you want to know our local culture, we will guide you in pleasant training courses. You will be able to experience the land and the surrounding natural environment, you can let yourself be fascinated by our legends told in the woods, you will learn ancient local recipes near the fireplace … Or you can get lost in counting the stars in the magnificent summer evenings.

Contact usfor more information.

(The use of foreign languages will be contextualized to the method, becoming a support for it, where required or deemed appropriate due to the number of visitors)

November 6 2020

Memories of gestures and flavors

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The proposal is organized in two parts, the first involves the presentation of the rural village of Terraia, its history, the natural environment in which it is inserted, with a brief illustration of the edible plants that can then be found and collected.

The second part is a real path that will meet some old local ladies who will accompany the boys, in the fields and in the woods to collect what the season offers in that period.

After the harvest we will move on to the preparation of lunch or tasting that will follow with the direct intervention of the children, in the manner appropriate to the type of participants.

During the work we will try to intrigue the knowledge of the oral tradition, telling stories, anecdotes, fables and legends.

The path targets users

all students, from nursery to high school,
groups of adults
groups of foreigners, with the possibility of exposure for all in English and French.

(The use of foreign languages will be contextualized to the method, becoming a support for it, where required or deemed appropriate due to the number of visitors)

November 6 2020

The wood yesterday and today

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On the farm there are two hectares of land, marginal and collapsed, recovered with the creation of a plant of wood trees.

The route provides

Illustration of the hydrogeological situation of the land involved in forestation
Study of topographic maps
Recognition in the field of plant varieties and reasons for the type of planting (main and ancillary)
From the path inside the plantation, you pass the path between the local vegetation, which climbing up the hill reaches an interesting wood adjacent to the property.
Discovery of animal tracks, shelters, dens and nests will be the free exercise for children
The journey of about three hours of walking includes stops in equipped pitches
Reflections on the transformation of crops in the last hundred years

The course targets all students,

from maternal to high school
groups of adults
groups of foreigners, with the possibility of exposure for all in English and French.

(The use of foreign languages will be contextualized to the method, becoming a support for it, where required or deemed appropriate due to the number of visitors)