It's thinkable a biodynamic native who speaks 100% Italian, does it go back to the traditions and production methods of the peninsula to combine with other more ancestral methods, do you find the right harmony between man and the environment and become an authentically made in Italy production and not born on theories and practices deriving from foreign influences?
Of course yes, is the answer of the Quid Novi Foundation and MoliseFood which have given life to a project which, on the basis of the overall reality of organic Molise, can become a model for the country and propose to act as a driving force for the rest of Italy, bringing to light the value of the Molise area that is not excessively anthropized, rich in excellence and the result of a solid tradition that still resists. Numbers in hand, today organic Molise can count on 11.964 hectares, with a positive change of 6,7% in relation to the 2018-2019 report of the latest report of the Institute of Services for the Agricultural Food Market (Ismea) and of the National Information System on Organic Agriculture (Sinab).
An ambitious project that aims to create a subject capable of regulating and channeling organic producers who use general biodynamic techniques, which do not necessarily refer to the German philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner and the discipline he founded in the XNUMXs, based on the interconnection between earth and sky to increase the fertility of the earth and improve the soil to produce healthy plants and food.
In short, it is a question of tracing an Italian, or rather Molise, path to biodynamic.
"MoliseFood has taken the project to heart - explains the general manager Francesco Caterina - because in the smallest region with an ordinary statute in the country, certain things happen more quickly and the tangible and intangible heritage of the territory risks deteriorating more rapidly than elsewhere". "The Hub is Bio - adds Caterina - because it deals with living elements and it is dynamic because it does not only want to encourage agricultural or breeding techniques that exclude or limit the use of chemicals, but intends to explore new production methods, to combine them with others more ancestral, to rediscover the right harmony between man and the environment, leading us to produce quality food that is healthy for the body in a sustainable way. A real opportunity for Molise, a territory that is not excessively man-made and rich in excellence, the result of a solid tradition that still endures".
Caterina also points out that the entire project is being worked on together with the lawyer Enzo Iacovino, who is working on the National and Regional Regulation and establishment of food bio-districts, also with attention to the Regional Law n. 10 of 19 10 2020 Biodiversity and with the Cim of the honorable Angelo Sollazzo. To this must be added the association of Michele Tanna, which since 2009 has already identified over 170 native varieties of apple and pear trees alone as well as other organic, biodynamic, food biodistricts, biodiversity.
MoliseFood, an entrepreneurial food and wine project, born two years ago with the involvement of about 20 farms and artisan companies in constant increase and a basket of products of food and wine excellence and identity of the region - for a current development plan that sees three food and wine stores open in Rome and a quarter arriving in the Parioli area of the capital, and a sales point in Seville (Spain) - has the particular task of selecting the operators, operating in the area, for joining the International Bio and Dynamic Hub, born under the indication of the foreign sector which has gathered the requests of the numerous Italian expatriates who identify an opportunity for economic and personal growth in the production of Italian excellence. The International Bio and Dynamic Hub has the aim of opening a dedicated Farm in Molise, where it is possible to apply the good practices identified within the Hub and the subsequent dissemination and replication of the actions and results obtained, on a global scale.
An analysis of the European biodynamic market conducted by SG Marketing between 2018 and 2020 reports comforting numbers for the sector. Between 2007 and 2017, the consumption of products grown with this method grew by 123%, and is now equal to 3,5% of European consumption of organic fruit and vegetables: “If the current trend is confirmed – recently stated Raffaello Bernardi SG Marketing – in 2025 it is estimated that the European biodynamic market will have a value of 600 million euros“.
In Europe, the largest consumers of biodynamic products – reads the Myfruit website – are Germany, with 43% of consumption, France, with 22% and Italy, with ten: “Italian consumption is growing at rate of 96 per cent, therefore lower than the European average. If, in fact, in 2007 the market had a value of 13,6 million, in 2017 it reached 26,7. Projecting the trend to 2025, the market should reach 47 million".
