The story of Lidia Baldassari from Perugia, Umbria, in the heart of Italy, is the story of enthusiasm and passion for genuine and local products of a young farmer. Thanks to the support of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), Lidia has implemented her rural activity and specifically with a warehouse construction, a laboratory for food processing and a sales point. Locally grown products are cereals (5 hectares), legumes, saffron, grape variety and olives (12 hectares) with organic method. The added value of this story is the networking created between Ora come Allora and many local farms and companies involved in the supply chain and food processing.
Context
Lidia Baldassarri, the farm owner and beneficiary of the RDP funds, has a master's degree in Education. In 2016 she decided to start running the farm without any land owned but, to achieve her goal, she leased some lands. Helped by her husband, Lidia found a very nice property near the city of Perugia to start her project: create a farm with a variety of activities connected based on a short-supply chain and dedicated to offer local and genuine and organic products. In particular, the beneficiary cultivates cereals (5 hectares), legumes, saffron, grape variety and olives (12 hectares) with organic method. Moreover, the beneficiary has a laboratory for food processing and she is specialised in products ready for use representing a competitive advantage to meet a specific local challenge and needs: clients who appreciate genuine products but they don't have time to dedicate to long food preparations.
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