Agricultural Brasacchio born and flourished thanks to the passion of two generations of family members Brasacchio for the Earth and for the traditions but also to the pursuit of quality and innovation that allows you to always improve. This way we are sure to offer always and in all circumstances the best that earth can give to those who know how to care for it. Our extra virgin olive oil Terre di Filippo is the pride of the family, a high quality product, the distillation of decades of hard work in the fields and in the mill family, so much passion, so many memories and so many hopes and dreams.
The farm Brasacchio is located in the Municipality of Strongoli in Calabria, in the province of Crotone: an area full of charm, traditions, stories and legends. The inhabitants of Strongoli like to remind visitors of the ancient Greek legend according to which the Achaean hero Philoctetes, lost their way home on the way home after the Trojan War, he settled on these Ionian coast with its most loyal warriors and together the locals founded several cities including Petelia, the current Strongoli. In this land that breathes history and legends of the business is located, in a very special position in close contact with nature: immersed in a beautiful countryside, among fields and hills covered in Mediterranean bush or cultivated with olive trees, populated by many species of birds and other wildlife and immediately in front of the sea. A beautiful view from which the area takes its name Location Maremonti
. In addition to producing Extra Virgin Olive Oil Organic cold-pressed, the company is dedicated to other agricultural products, as always combining passion, experience, innovation and respect for the environment. We are particularly proud of our mill, technologically advanced and that allows us to minimize the impact on the environment. The residue is crushed, for example on the spot after the pressing to be turned into fuel source for biomass boilers (peanut residue), like the one that uses the same mill to produce hot water for sanitary use (the pressing is done strictly by cold ). This system not only avoid wastage of fossil fuels or electricity but produce a renewable fuel and economic activities and also supplies other families in the area.
The farm Brasacchio dedicated to different activities was in own that for account of third. From the cultivation of various vegetables (eg corn, tomatoes and of course olive oil) for the preparation of land, sowing, harvesting and threshing was in own that for account of third.
The oil mill company likewise is intended for the production of organic extra virgin olive oil Terre di Filippo is at the service of pressing of olives for third parties, ie businesses and individuals, who want to squeeze their olives with a crusher equipped with the best technology and therefore guarantee a production of extra virgin olive oil cold pressed high quality. Many of our customers contact us after the period of milling thanking us for helping them with our machinery and our long e