Welcome to the world of taste and sustainability! With our organic food tour of Italy, we will take you on a journey to discover authentic flavors and sustainable farming practices that define the wonderful Italian organic businesses. We aim to provide an authentic experience where a passion for high-quality food meets a commitment to environmental respect.
We will explore the more or less known delights of various corners of Italy, from the green hills of Tuscany to the golden expanses of Puglia, visiting organic farms dedicated to producing healthy, genuine, and eco-friendly food. So we’ll uncover the stories behind each individual who has chosen to combine an organic farming project with sustainable hospitality. We will learn about culinary traditions passed down through generations and delight in dishes prepared with fresh, organic ingredients.
The organic food tour of Italy will lead you on an unforgettable journey through authentic regional flavors, agricultural practices shaping the future of the food industry in Italy, and environmental sustainability. Ready to embark on this adventure?
In the Marche region, to savor the oldest organic pasta in Italy
Agriturismo Girolomoni is a charming farmstead that offers, among other things, a salt-treated swimming pool. But on this hill in the Marche region, you’ll find not only a farmstead but also a cultural foundation, a mill, and a pasta factory producing one of the first organic pasta in Italy. The owners have revitalized a previously discarded and abandoned territory, initiating a project to rediscover tradition and bring biodiversity to the table. They select the best varieties of organic wheat, grind them in their mill, and knead them with hill water in the adjacent pasta factory.
Next stop on the food tour: ancient grain flours near Florence
In the heart of the Florentine countryside lies Agriturismo Podere Montisi, the perfect place for those seeking tranquility and a connection with nature. Guests staying in their eco-friendly apartments also have the opportunity to discover and taste the products from the farm’s land. The hosts cultivate 6 hectares of forest and 6 hectares of ancient grains, following cultivation methods that respect the land and soil, harmonizing with the rhythms of nature. They produce extra virgin olive oil, ancient grain cereals, and derivatives (flours and bread), medicinal plants, jams from ancient fruits, eggs, and vegetables. Here, you can also participate in Tuscan cooking classes using the farm’s raw materials.
In Sicily, organic olive oil at the foot of Mount Etna
Our organic food tour of Italy takes us to Sicily, where we can stay in eco-friendly lodges among terraces made of lava stone. We find ourselves on the slopes of Mount Etna, in Bagol’Area. The farm offers comfortable independent accommodations with a wonderful view of the Ionian coast between Catania and Messina. The 24 hectares of land include an orchard, a citrus grove, fruit trees, vineyards, and a forest, all strictly organic. Among the many products produced by the farm is extra virgin olive oil. Made from Nocellara dell’Etna olives cold-pressed within 24 hours of harvesting, the oil perfectly reflects the uniqueness of this territory.
The organic food tour of Italy takes us to the Adamello Brenta Park to taste Dolomite honey
Agriturismo Dalla Natura La Salute invites you to discover the magical world of bees. This family-run farm in Giustino in fact produces honey with great passion. The honey carries the “Qualità Parco” (Park Quality) label, telling the story of Trentino’s flowers, high-altitude air, and the pristine nature of the Adamello Brenta Park. The farm’s rooms, each named after a different type of honey, feature local wood floors and furnishings, as well as a terrace with a magnificent view of the Presanella peaks or the valley.
Organic sheep cheese in Maremma Tuscany
Sant’Egle is a 17th-century customs house transformed into a charming organic agriturismo and glamping site, as well as a bike resort, yoga center, and massage center. The structure is eco-friendly and preserves biodiversity. 100% of the energy used is produced from renewable sources. Guests have also access to a cozy lemon house, a porch furnished with sofas and comfortable cushions, and a garden with a centuries-old tree. The agriturismo cultivates spirulina, saffron, fruits, and vegetables using the biodynamic and synergistic organic method. They also raise sheep, which roam freely on the property. From their milk, they produce excellent organic cheeses that you can even try making yourself through the cheese-making courses offered.
Food tour in Calabria, organic bergamots
Our organic food tour of Italy continues, taking us to stay in eco-friendly apartments in the Jonian territory of Calabria. Here, where the loggerhead sea turtle “Caretta caretta” nests, the hosting farm cultivates the precious and rare bergamot. It’s a citrus fruit with exceptional and rare phytotherapeutic properties produced only in this area.
Food Tour in Puglia, among organic taralli and legumes
The next stop on our journey is the Salento countryside. Here, you can find Agriturismo Piccapane, that is an organic and vegan farm. At the restaurant and during breakfast, you can enjoy all the products grown on-site according to the principles of organic farming. You will find seasonal fruits, tasty legumes, garden vegetables, and organic wine.
From craft beer to the vegetable garden in a Slow Food Presidium in the Parmesan region
Our journey concludes in one of the regions probably most devoted to gastronomic tradition and cuisine: Emilia-Romagna. Here, lies the Country House Alleluja, an ancient 1600s stone farmhouse located in the pristine mountains of the Parmesan Apennines and surrounded by 33 hectares of organic farm and woods. During our stay, we discover a slow and natural lifestyle, but above all, the products of the farm: a variety of ancient fruits, strawberries, raspberries, currants, garden products, olives, nuts, asparagus, and especially the craft beer they produce with malt obtained from their organic barley.
