New Cilento REGENERATIVE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Earthworm composting allows everyone to produce compost from organic waste and vegetable food waste that will be digested by earthworms. The resulting compost is particularly rich and can be used to fertilize olive groves, vegetable garden, garden or potted plants. Basically it consists in reproducing the ecosystem’that exists in nature, in which the function of the earthworm is, among others, to decompose organic substances. The earthworm production process does not give off unpleasant odours if carried out in optimal conditions. The Nuovo Cilento cooperative produces earthworms composted from olive pomace and restaurant waste.

Kaolin is used and allowed in organic farming. It is in fact an excellent invigorating agent of natural origin and is recommended especially in olive growing for the defense of the olive fly and for the reduction of thermal stress. In the case of olive growing, kaolin manages to create an environment hostile to the attack of the fly, creating both a loss of orientation of the parasite, and a mechanical resistance to oviposition following the hardening of the olive skin. In addition, the use of self-produced adhesives such as macerated prickly pear blades and viscous inula favor the persistence of kaolin even after heavy rains.

The practice of the keyline consists in the efficient management of rainwater along key lines and through the use of furrows or walkways with certain slopes and sizes based on the morphology and rainfall of a given terrain. The use of this technique favors the increase of fertility in the soils and the decrease of erosion phenomena.

Green manure is an agronomic practice that consists in sowing a herbaceous nitrogen-fixing crop as pure or associated legumes, intended to be totally mowed or bedridden, depending on the fertilizer of the crop that succeeds it or of the olive grove within which it was sown.

The polyconic vase is one of the most widespread training systems for the olive tree. The structure consists of an open shape in the center, with foliage consisting of 3 or more distinct units of conical shape. The main advantages of this technique are the reduction of alternation of production, the reduction of pruning times and the prevention of fungal diseases thanks to the greater exposure of the foliage to light.

The techniques of surface processing or minimum processing consist in the use of a series of tools that replace deep plowing with a processing a few cm deep with harrows and disc plows or superficial such as, for example, the soda seeder reducing costs and mitigating the actions of disturbance to the ground caused by plowing.

Rational grazing is a modern breeding technique that consists in the management of pastures through the division into lots or the use of mobile stables or chicken coops respecting the natural balance of the soil, fodder, and crops in which the animals graze. Particularly suitable for sustainable farming that respects the environment, biodiversity and animal welfare.