Traditional farming practices of the Erb family, Petra and Mathias (originally from Bolzano) have been passed down from generation to generation. In the beginning even our grandparents cultivated very famous fruit orchards (particularly apples) in northern Italy.

All fruits and vegetables used and consumed at La Bandita are cultivated and grown according to organic and biodynamic practice.

Our organic produce includes things like:

• seasonale vegetables
• olive oil
• wine (2007 year from grapes planted in 2005)
• fruit (cherries, apricots, strawberries,and peaches)

Biodynamic farming.

Two words that imply everyway we should live. Observing and working the earth. The idea is to let nature do what it knows how to do best, while at the same time helping the earth naturally maintain a high level of fertility and in turn making high quality produce that give us nourishment and health. Cultivating biodyanmically does not incorporate a specific mechanical means and it deals with believing in different way of life, way of thinking and way reacting. We can learn new ways to confront problems that the earth faces according to varying conditions.

The three main principles of Bioynamic Farming are:

• maintaining fertility of the earth
• keep the plants healthy- in such a way that they are able to ressit disease and parasites
• produce the highest quality products possible.