Below is a list of products that are harvested or produced in our area.
MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HERBS.
The term medicinal plants usually refers to medicinal, aromatic and perfume plants. They are those plant species, both wild and cultivated, that can be used for various purposes: medicinal, phytotherapeutic, herbal, liquor, flavoring, hygienic, perfume, and cosmetic. MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES : The Apennines is an area rich in mushrooms and truffles, thus making the whole of Emilia Romagna one of the regions of Italy where to find themin quantity.
Even at lower altitudes, especially near oaks and chestnut trees, one can find porcini mushrooms and again blackthorns, chanterelles, prataioli, chiodini, etc. The roots of tree plants, typical of Romagna, are also the ideal habitat for the prized truffle, the white (or black) gold of world gastronomy. OLD FRUITS.
Several farms guard the so-called“ancient fruits,” or those fruits that over the past 30-40 years, have waned.
Not by their will, nor even strictly that of the consumers; there is in the way, in the history of ancient fruits, the rather rapid and recent establishment of modern industrial fruit growing .
In Italy, a country of cultivators and deep and ancient agricultural tradition, ancient fruits do not go unnoticed, indeed, fortunately they involve both professionals and “hobbyists “or pickers by passion.