Le Marche vacation accommodation in Italy

Planet

Keeping in mind the philosophy that "…one should tread lightly on the earth…" we have been an Organic farm since 1981 and is AMAB member, the farm is certified by CCPB.

The Locanda (a farmer’s house built in the 1920s) was restored in 1998 with special attention to energy conservation: the windows are double-glazed, the house is thermically and acoustically insulated and is fitted with solar collectors. The heating system is run using renewable energy: sun power and a low consumption wood stove (the wood we use comes from our 20 hectares woods gathered when we are cleaning the woods or pruning). The house is fitted with low consumption light bulbs and two years ago we installed photovoltaic panels for the farm, the Locanda and for selling electricity, the panels are all on our roofs to keep using our land to plant and grow our food and not spoil the environment.
The farm & accommodation are carbon neutral with over 100000 kg of CO2 less in the athmosphere thanks to our photovoltaic plant.

We organically produce in the farm more than 70% of the food we serve in the restaurant and we buy all we can from nearby farms, most of them organic. This way we also reduce plastic wrappings, cans, etc. All the house-linens are made of 100% natural fibres to minimize possible allergies while providing a high level of comfort. In the bathrooms you’ll find soap dispensers, we don’t use disposable items such as prepackaged soap, plastic cutlery or glasses.

We ask our guests to join us protecting the environment:

- Smoking is not allowed inside the Locanda.
- For the environment’s sake we change the towels and bed linens twice a week and once a week in the apartments.
- We recommend to consume water consciously.
- We invite our guests to make sure that the lights and the ceiling fans are off when they leave their rooms: even if we produce all our electricity, there's no reason to waste it!
- Keeping the shutters and windows closed during the day and open at night is the best way to keep a room cool (our windows are provided with mosquito screens so that the "fauna" keeps outside)
- We provide recycling bins for cans, plastic, paper and compost that can be disposed to in our manure.

People

We support local businesses and local farmers by buying directly from them most of the products that we use in our kitchen (those that we do not produce ourselves).
We work with our neighbours to spread the idea of a cleaner agriculture and we learn the old farming techniques (often abandoned in favour of chemicals and industrial techniques) and the local traditions.
We suggest locally owned shops and local artisans to our guests so that they can buy consciously during their stay.