"I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in a well off family which allow me to spent a fantastic and
dispassionate childhood and to study in the most prestigious schools in EU; My grandparents and my
parents spent all their entire life on bettering the social, cultural, economical status of the family, cutting
all the links with their origin: the soil. Once I got the graduation in BA I decided to invest my little money
on a farm in Abruzzo, the so-called “green region of Europe”. Since 2003 I am therefore trying to reestablish
a link between myself and the origin of my Family because I am more then convinced of the
goodness of the values within the farming. In fact there is a phrase that I love (but I don’t remember the
author): “the farmer is the closest man to God”. This is not to say that I feel close to God, but I would like
my children to grow up with a better understanding of the moral values of the soil. That’s all." -
Francesco Cirelli
