The Accadia Verde Agricultural Company is an agro-zootechnical-dairy company that blends tradition and technological innovation with the aim of creating genuine products for attentive and aware consumers. For the enviromental sustainability and the local history consideration, the strict and meticulous control of production processes ensures high quality products with an authentic flavour.
One of the mottos most dear to the peasants is “Mother Earth never betrays”. Nowadays, nature is more and more stepmother, and the quality of the products depends on which and how many technological skills are employed. Ancient wisdoms represent a priceless heritage to be preserved, but they must be combined with a modern vision and the application of innovative techniques.
For this reason, it is essential that strong synergies are generated between the various levels of expertise and the entire team cooperates to achieve the same result. The team is made up of a breeder, three farmers, two dairymen, a food technologist, an agronomist, a nutritionist and five researchers dedicated to research and development activities.
Territory
The company is located in Ariano Irpino (AV, Campania) and Accadia Verde (FG, Apulia) territories, where the mysterious and seductive nature releases all its strength generating fruits with an unforgettable flavour. The project was born from the objective of taking care of these territories and sharing the pleasure of tasting authentic products. The project aims to keep the man-land relationship active and preserve the ancient traditions of these noble lands.
Crops
The cultivation activities take place in Accadia (FG), on a field of about 13 hectares, and in Ariano Irpino (AV), on a field of 97 hectares, according to a production system with cereals, forage and olive trees. Most of the agronomic heritage is exploited with organic farming (EC Reg. 834/07), while a smaller portion is being converted.
Most of the agronomic heritage is used to feed the animals and the surplus is sold to other farms. Regarding to cereals, an underway study is on the cultivation techniques of ancient grains, whose production should be destined for very active supply chain circuits in the local territories. Finally, extra virgin olive oil represents one of the main areas of expertise of the company: an extraordinarily exclusive product coming from the great richness of the Apulian territory.
Livestock
In Ariano Irpino, in a modern and functional structure, more than 300 goats are kept, including Saanen and Chamois of the Alps. The animals have a comfortable shelter equipped with the best technologies (massage brushes, interactive games, classical background music, detectors of temperature, humidity and brightness, self-directional fans and a very modern milking hall), large outdoor paddocks and a large area adjacent to the farm that allows free grazing.
The feeding is exclusively based on self-produced forage and grains. Semi-wild breeding, with the support of technological innovation, makes possible daily monitoring of goats health and their reproductive cycle. The concept of a short supply chain and the timely control of all its phases is one of the pillars of the company philosophy.