Lucciano farm

Fattoria Lucciano has been an organic farm since 1989: surrounded by groves and waterways, protected by the XNUMXth century castle that watches over its entrance, it is daily engaged in agricultural practices that allow to obtain high quality, nutritional and organoleptic food products. , with the utmost respect for the environmental resource and its biodiversity.

"The philosophy of organic agriculture according to which the company is seen as an autonomous closed-cycle entity finds its full application in the Lucciano Farm, not only in the production phase, but also in that of transformation and marketing".

Breeding

In the Lucciano farm a herd of about 140 Brown breed cattle is raised according to the criteria of organic livestock. They are animals that live in a suitable environment, where, being able to express their natural behavior, they very rarely get sick and provide milk for the cheeses and meat of the highest quality, nutritional and organoleptic.

Dairy

The milk, freshly milked in the milking parlor, arrives at the cooler directly from the cow's udder and from here through a very short duct reaches the dairy without suffering the stress of transport, nor any contact with the outside: thus begins the path that, through several steps, leads to the cheese.

Pets

Cattle reared in the Lucciano farm they belong to the Brown Race, animals with a triple aptitude: for work, milk and meat.

Nn the territory where the company is located, the favorable environmental conditions and the type of farming practiced, allow the animals to live in excellent health thus enhancing the precious characteristic of the cows to be producers of a milk of superior quality and particularly suitable for cheese making.

La herd is made up of 135-150 animals, depending on the period, including recovery, calves and heifers for slaughter.

Animal health

This is demonstrated by the amount of veterinary expenses which for the approximately 140 cattle, in 2011, did not reach 1.000 Euros! How is it possible?

First of all because animals live in an environment suitable for their health, where they can express their natural behavior.

They are fed properly throughout their lives. Up to the seventh month their food is made up of mothers' milk and this means that they take on antibodies, vitamins and all the numerous and precious nutrients present in breast milk: a protective kit that will accompany them throughout their life!

Whether they are in the open or sheltered, day or night they are free to move, eat, drink, sleep.

Another reason is found in the company practice of giving birth to females later than in conventional stables: this is because the animal is more formed, robust, and because the whole breeding system is different.

Just think that in the Lucciano Farm a cow is in production even up to 15 years while in a conventional breeding they remain in activity, due to the intense exploitation of the animal, on average 5 years.

This is because, for example, you want to get from an animal in 3 years what it would naturally provide in 6-7.

And the cows lovingly reciprocate with top quality milk!

Olive grove and Frantoio

Many myths have grown up around the olive tree, its branches, the twisted shapes of the trunk; healing properties have been extracted from the jets and leaves, admirable furniture and inlays have been made with its wood.

Vineyard and cellar

The vineyard of Fattoria Lucciano, planted in 2012, covers about 2,2 hectares. It is a double Guyot system, with a height of 50 cm and a planting width of 0,80 x 2,5 m.

The guyot system was conceived for quality productions, it needs many green pruning interventions and can only be managed manually due to its poor adaptability to mechanization.

The pruning of our vineyard is done by leaving two very short fruit heads, (maximum 4 buds each) to obtain few high quality grapes. This pruning system allows to obtain an excellent aeration and an excellent exposure to the sun of leaves and clusters.

Hazelnut grove

Among the first timid signs of spring, the flowering of the hazelnut tree is unforgettable, very important for bees because it provides precious nourishment in a period of scarcity as well as being an admirable spectacle for "slow" people who will be able to admire the tiny female flowers. , dressed in a purplish-red dress.

Arable land

For a good management of the herd, the land surrounding the barn is used as pasture, directly accessible to the animals.
The pastures, whose surface amounts to about 30 hectares, are divided into 5 sectors of about 6 hectares each.