I quit my studies, because I was seeing our land, the one I inherited from my grandfather and his forefathers, neglected. The century-old agricultural tradition of the area was dying, and, with it, our native biological species. So I decided to go back to cultivating the fields, which is a pretty unusual choice for my…
I was a surveyor and Jessica was managing a bar. We quit our jobs in the chilly North to pursue our dream of living in the countryside and develop a self-contained farm. We started from scratch. I had to study everything: I read books on Rudolf Steiner’s biodynamic associations and watched Youtube tutorials on how…
People have always assumed that two similar businesses are competitors. When we began working ‘in synergy,’ at first between our two businesses, and then broadening our network to the whole neighbourhood, everybody thought we were crazy. They’re the same people who think I’m an imbecile for not weeding out spontaneous plants from my garden. The…
When the cart moves, it makes music. It’s a combination of the horse’s hooves, the wheels on the cobblestones, and the tinkling of the “cassa di fuso.” Every cart is a masterpiece. It’s the fruition of three types of ancient crafts – and these jobs no longer exist. There are no more iron mongers; there’s…