Respecting Nature, One Tree At a Time
I believe that good olive oil starts with respecting nature. The way my family, and the families living in Metamorfosi have been doing for more than 150 years now.
Trees nourished by seasonal rainfall, zero pesticides and herbicides, zero soil amendments, and, of course, minimally invasive cultivation and harvesting methods. To this day, we continue to use methods that are as minimally invasive and environmentally friendly as possible, both for the environment and for the trees themselves.
For generations, this has been our way and our tradition, carefully followed to ensure that our trees and our heritage survive the heavy winter rainfall and the hot summers, with temperatures reaching over 40°C.
And in recent years science has come to support our traditional practices. As it turns out, our traditional methods result in less CO_2-equivalent being produced , while our centuries-old trees and wild groves can support greater bio-diversity.
My family and the neighboring farmers never irrigate our trees. What started as a means of ensuring their survival during the hot summer months, has grown into a way of preserving much-needed and scarce water for our mountainous village. This also means that farmers are free to grow their own produce to share with their friends and family, without having to worry about water shortages.