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FAQs

- produces only rice varieties Carnaroli ?

Yes
Carnaroli only grow the plant because it is high, feels less competition of natural herbs (usually referred to as "weeds"), unlike other rice-size lower, that suffer the most. This allows us to let live the other plants because it does not totally undermine the development of the plant.


- fertilize your fields? And with what?

Occasionally.
The fertility of the land is obtained by alternating with legumes and wheat (all organically grown, of course) that return nutrients to the soil that the rice needs.
Then the paddy is grown only one year at a 2 or 3 years on the same ground.
Occasionally use of manure for organic farming certificate.

- Make use of herbicides or insecticides against pests or weeds?

No.
We adhere to the EU project "Biodiversity in rice fields, which are not going to ever remove the water from rice fields to not kill the flora and fauna that grows naturally: mostly frogs, other amphibians and insects.
in our rice fields, of course there's other animals that feed on these: ducks, herons, egrets. Some have even made a nest ...

- The water that comes from other areas used by conventional agriculture?

No.
The water we use is derived directly Cavour from the channel and the channel Regina Elena and not from other fields or rice paddies.
thus the potential rate of pollution of Lake Maggiore is the same or Italian rivers.

Our entire farm is certified organic, is on the edge of the Natural Park of Ticino, and is surrounded by woods and rows of trees.
Even our rice fields not affected by the "phenomena of drift", ie products which could be used by other farmers, because it is protected by our other fields, or rows.

- How do you produce?

enough.
Our yields are half of those with traditional agriculture, about 20 Qt / Ha, but profitability is guaranteed to us by the highest price obtained for the quality of the product.
Our rice is in fact certified organic by ICEA, with n.I1366.

- you keep the rice? How do you clean?

Yes
The paddy rice is dried and preserved to us without the use of diesel, and is kept in cold storage without preservatives.
Pilate is a small company of the Novara, in lesser quantities at a time.
This year we will turn to a rice mill for the certified organic and biodynamic.