Il nostro olio extra vergine di oliva è stato scelto tra i vincitori del prestigioso concorso Leone d'oro
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Why prefer filtered oil to unfiltered oil? Both of them are extra virgin oil, but with one big difference are the residues. Filtered or unfiltered? Most of perplesso prefer to buy unfiltered oil, believing that this preserves its characteristics and…
Corato calls Oita
Italy and Japan close despite being more than nine thousand kilometers
Tedone's agricultural farm comes about from the desire of a young boy, Francesco Tedone, to connect two profoundly different cultures, yet linked by an invisible thread: Corato and Ōita, Italy and Japan, nine thousand and more kilometres apart. From here the name of our oil, Novemilachilometri. With Francesco's death in 2016, the family decided to carry on his dream, leading to the birth of the Association first, and then the Agricultural farm in 2019.
Francesco's dream
"portare un po' di Italia in Giappone, e un po' di Giappone in Italia"
He told Japan about the landscapes and traditions of his country and, at the same time, enthusiastically explained to his family all that he was discovering about that place: traditions, new friendships, the language and customs of the motherland of the videogame world he loved so much. After the year spent in Japan, on the return trip from the airport to his home in Corato, Francesco told his parents that he would like to "bring a bit of Italy to Japan, and a bit of Japan to Italy".
