THE ECOLOGICAL CYCLE OF BIODIVERSITY
From the beginning, our Cooperative considered livestock essential to create a closed-loop agro-ecological system, in line with the need to create biodiversity and synergy between the various internal processes.
STABLE
Located at the top of the hill, made with recycled materials such as old light poles and planks from disused railway tracks, the stable hosts an average of thirty uncastrated Piedmontese Fassone bulls that enjoy stalls with straw litter as well as in external paddocks. We buy calves about 6 months old from three small organic farms located in Val Varaita, which have been supplying us for more than thirty years, and we rear them for up to 18/20 months.
The quality of our meat benefits from our fodder. Calves eat cereal and legumes flour, supplemented by polyphite hay that grows at 1600 mt. above sea level produced by us, in our 60-hectare rotating crops. We supplement the diet with flaxseeds and mineral salts cakes produced by cold-pressing.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
From rearing to slaughtering, we care for all stages of the food production. Every step is performed with mastery and respect for tradition. Our aim is to produce organic products of the highest quality for our shop, restaurant and customers.
Traditional cured meats
We produce and sell cotechino, salami, pancetta, coppa, salame cotto (cooked salami), testa in cassetta (minced pressed pork), bresaola and dried meat; the latter, of course, of bovine origin.
Our most well known cured meat, a key product of these valleys, is the raw salami, which benefits from the local climate that allows good curing. We process the meat in winter, between October and March, and we keep it in our stone-made curing room.
Our salami is produced with all the best parts of pork. Thanks to its qualities and characteristics, we are proud members of the Consorzio del Salame Nobile del Giarolo.
BARN
Qui, ogni due settimane, prepariamo il mangime per i nostri animali con una miscela di cereali da noi coltivati. Così ci assicuriamo che sia sempre fresco e che non contenga alimenti OGM o di origine animale.
Due volte all’anno questo spazio muta, trasformandosi in un luogo di aggregazione che ospita gli eventi più attesi della Cooperativa: la Festa della liberazione e la Festa di fine vendemmia.
Every two weeks we prepare our animal feed with a mixture of our own cereals. This ensures its freshness and the fact that it is free from GMOs or animal-based food.
Twice a year this space hosts the key annual social events of the Cooperative: the Festa della Liberazione on April 25th and the End of Harvest Party.
