Community Service Letter For Alpha's

Casalbuono beans, love for quality.

beans Casalbuono

is a traditional product of High Quality, subject to the protection and enhancement project that has seen players a group of local farmers guardians, supported by the University of Basilicata, the Institute of Horticulture CRA Pontecagnano , by the Town Council, the Community Montana Vallo di Diano ", the Province of Salerno.

this project which sought to recover the one hand local ecotypes of this unique product unmatched by organoleptic characteristics, thereby protecting biodiversity, and the other to enhance the production through the certification process.

The recovery of local seeds, for decades kept and selected annually, the implementation of field trials have allowed to characterize the product and multiply it by the definition of production rules, the choice of brand and drafting of the Regulation to use it, were the main stages of an exciting and fascinating journey, though not easy.

Today the name "beans Casalbuono" is limited to local landraces of beans that meet the conditions and requirements specified in the product approved by DGC N ° 54 of 28/05/2010 and distinguished by Collective Mark filed with the Chamber of Commerce of Salerno No. SA2010C000029.

The regulations, certify and maintain the quality of the product, the production area (Land at altitudes above 600 m above sea level, cool, deep and fertile with good water retention capacity, bounded by the river Heat, ranging from the location "in the town of Dry Valley Casaletto Spartan, the entire administrative area of City of Casalbuono, until you reach "Pigpen Bridge" along the margins of the river in the town of Montesano on Marcellana), the exclusive use of local landraces cultivated according to the ancient and traditional farming techniques, the absence of herbicides, product selection by hand, nature conservation, perhaps with the traditional bay leaf, placing the center of attention at a glance the quality and authenticity through a conventional production and sustainable, environmentally responsible and a symbol of the local rural culture.