Small farms are a cornerstone in European agriculture and rural areas. They are vital in creating rural employment and territorial integrity, providing fresh and local foods and ecosystem services, and also help mitigate agricultural emissions (1). However, throughout the last decades, the number of small farms has decreased steadily. This is also true for olive …
Environment, climate, targeted supports, and flexibility. The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) was adopted last year and will come into force in 2023. As small olive oil producers, our suppliers also receive agricultural subsidies from the EU and we ask ourselves: What will change? And how will this change affect …
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Many people have olive oil in their kitchen. The choice in the supermarket is huge because of the wide range of types, brands and varieties of olive oil. We at il circolo make organic olive oil. Organic olive oil means that the environment and animal welfare are taken into account in the production of our …
Sustainability is very important to us at il circolo. Therefore, we pay close attention both to the production and packaging of olive oil and to all the products we use. We found out that if you search for the sustainability of olive oil, you get an unsustainable image because of the water usage in the …
The idea of a regenerative food system has been around for quite some time. In simple terms, it is working in harmony with nature as opposed to against it. It is understanding how interconnected nature is and how in turn, our own health is as well. Unlike sustainability, which literally means, to sustain; a regenerative …
Wildfires are not uncommon in Sicily where the olive trees of il circolo grow. Blackened pieces of land or sometimes even whole hills remind of exciting moments when we – or people we know – feared the devastating fire. The Mediterranean climate makes summers hot and very dry. Our olive trees can handle it, but …
Il circolo stands (among other things) for the annual rings of our centuries-old olive trees growing on the slopes of Monte Iblei in southern Sicily. Just like the tree, our company starts with the first annual ring. The smallest circle around which everything else revolves. As far as we are concerned, these are the olive …
The bag-in-box (abbreviated as BiB) has been known as a packaging concept for a long time. The packaging consists of a cardboard box with an inner bag or tube that is fitted with a tap. In the 1980s, the bag-in-box was first offered for fruit juices or wine. The bad image of the BiB also …
EU support for environmental investments Next to many hours of sun, occasional heavy rainfalls become more and more typical for the Sicilian climate, sometimes bringing more than 100mm of water in a few hours. For us and many Sicilian farmers those rains often imply severe damages to the fields and roads on the land. Often …
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