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Our Values

CULTIVATING MEMORY

We want to cultivate and restore dignity to lands long humiliated by mafia arrogance, with the awareness that we must always be an example for the territories in which we work, committing ourselves every day and in every smallest action to fight for social justice and cultural change never forgetting those who gave their lives to allow us to have this opportunity.

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

We want to respect the agricultural traditions of the territories in which we work, respect natural balances and respect the environment by making organic farming the first and minimal prerequisite for cultivating even the smallest piece of land we work. We want to minimize the environmental impact of our activities, consistent with our role as guardians of the collective heritage we manage.

HAVING PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF EVERYTHING

We provide stable, more than fair jobs with prospects for personal growth and satisfaction for everyone, including the most fragile. We are committed to ongoing training and the development of professionals that can contribute to the growth of the territories in which we work.

BEING A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SEIZED AND CONFISCATED PROPERTY

We want to demonstrate our ability to be authoritative and reliable interlocutors for local authorities in the management of seized and confiscated assets, making the reparative sense towards the communities of their social reuse concrete.

LIVING COOPERATION

We want to be convinced co-operators, upholding the nature and essence of cooperation, both first and second level cooperation. We pledge to increasingly open up and collaborate with other cooperatives, both in the territories in which we work and outside of them. At the same time, we want to place at the centre of our development the maximum possible inclusion of disadvantaged people or realities with a strong social footprint.

ENHANCING TERRITORIES
AND COMMUNITIES

We want to be changemakers within the territories in which we work. To help change the way of working and to return to the community part of the added values created, both tangible and intangible. To help spread and sustain a culture of responsibility, sustainability and respect for work.

ALWAYS ASPIRING TO EXCELLENCE AND
MEETING THE CHALLENGES
OF THE MARKETPLACE

We pledge to ceaselessly seek quality improvements, both in processes and products. We strive to ensure more and more value and to best narrate the culture and specificities of each territory. We want to achieve and maintain a strong and autonomous position, without external aid, without subsidy, always ensuring a fair value-price exchange, constantly seeking to maximize the benefit for those who buy our products.