| CASCINA ROSSO Organic Farm Holidays Bed, Breakfast & Wellness |
| Organic Vegetables 2011 |
We have come to this natural paradise to grow organic vegetables, berries, herbs and medicinal plants. At Cascina Rosso we do not use herbicides or other substances that are toxic to the environment as well as to us, our children and future generations. Weeds are not seen as an enemy to destroy but just a message from the soil, telling us its conditions. All the paths available to guests are maintained with mechanical or manual means. Those "weeds" or grass clippings are then used as root covers around flowers, plants or vegetables. We are increasing areas being reseeded with organic seed mixtures. Time and patience is needed to recover the integrity of land intensely cultivated, maybe as mono-cultures and continuously compressed by heavy machinery. However, soil life can be brought back, just like an ill person, by re-establishing correct balances. During a biodynamic farming class (Cascine Orsine, Bereguardo, Pavia, Italy) I learned that a plant will grow strong and healthy when it lives in a balanced soil: so, instead of fighting plant diseases, we prefer to feed the soil the nutrition it needs, thus obtaining a stronger plant (preventing is preferable to spraying insecticides and herbicides). HEALTHY SOIL WILL PRODUCE HEALTHY FOOD; HEALTHY FOOD WILL PRODUCE HEALTHY PEOPLE. Very simple and very important! Veggies grown at Cascina Rosso are always organic, delicious, nutritious and available for purchase. We wish you an organic life, an original life lived as you want it, stimulating, rich in constructive experiences, continuous physical and spiritual growth. Come to see us, we're looking forward to showing you around Cascina Rosso! |






















