The Pietrasanta farm is a small organic family business dedicated for three generations to the production of extra virgin olive oil, tomato puree and typical Apulian preserves.
The main points of our idea of agriculture are: respect for the environment, protection of biodiversity, enhancement of the territory. That’s why we grow in the fields located in the countryside of the Natural Reserve of Torre Guaceto native varieties such as:
Italian olive growing, with its immense heritage of olive trees, farmers and olive-pressers that populate the peninsula right down to the southernmost islands, is experiencing a moment of extreme difficulty. The crisis is linked to the process of industrialization of olive cultivation, with the creation of new mechanized machinery and increasingly technological processes, oils of quality less competitive. The age of olive trees, hundreds or even thousands of years old, spread across the peninsula, further contribute to making the production of Italian extra virgin olive oil more demanding and costly. Thus, the market, oriented towards the lowest price, increasingly rewards low quality oils. For this reason Slow Food has created a national Presidium that promotes the environmental, aesthetic, economic, and health value of Italian extra virgin olive oil. It is a national project because producers of extra virgin all over Italy, in different areas of production, face the same crisis.
Around Brindisi everyone remembers the Fiaschetto tomato as a succulent delicacy, a sweet variety that is now back on the menu thanks to the Presidium. After studying vegetable gardens located along the coast, one farmer planted the first experimental crop at an altitude of only 15 meters, a few hundred meters from the sea. Currently there are three Presidium producers are cultivating two hectares using organic methods.
Production area: Torre Guaceto, Carovigno, Municipality, Brindisi Province
Seasonality: harvest begins from the second week of June and continues throughout the summer. The tomato sauce is available year-round.
The love for one’s own land, the passion for one’s work and the dedication to do more and more to always reach a higher level of quality, these are the fundamental criteria of the Pietrasanta Farm of Carovigno (Brindisi).
Our small family-run business deals with the production and online sale of high quality Apulian extra virgin olive oil and the production and processing of typical products of the Apulian culture without preservatives and without citric acid.
Our goal is to obtain a product pleasant to the taste, but above all extremely healthy and genuine, the basis of our Mediterranean diet!
Last modified: 24 May 2022
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