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Small family-run farm which has been organic since 1995

Location: Siena, Italy
Our small family-run farm which has been organic since 1995 and certified ICEA (AIAB) is 2.2 hectares of which 1.4 hectares is olive grove (with Correggiolo and a few Moraiolo varieties). The olive grove is a lot of work with pruning, manuring, working the ground and harvesting, and in a good year it gives us an income. We also grow cereals (for our bread) and have 17 hectares of woodland from which we cut wood every year for our own use. Our house is a converted hay shed which we finished renovating (almost!) in 1998 but there are still jobs to be done. We have had photovoltaic solar panels since 2004. We have chickens, including a local breed which is in danger of extinction, and the keeper of the farm is Clea, our beautiful Bernese mountain dog. Esperanza (Spanish, born in 1957) and Ada (our daughter born in 1993) speak in Spanish, Bruno (Swiss, born in 1957) speaks German, English and French. From November until March we offer one or two rooms, from April to October a tent in the olive grove. Contact: Bruno Keller.