Italy gives you tax advantages if you have a small bit of agricultural land and you fix up some part of it to host guests. These small farms can’t always make a go of it without some financial help and a few euros from folk like us who would love a breath of country air.
We are in one tonight that produces all of it’s own food: huge hogs, sheep, chicken, veggies, fruit trees, grapes, walnuts, and that’s just what this city girl could recognize. It’s an Ecofarm as well so it’s harder work too.
Our weather changed overnight and it is in the high 40’s and drizzling but that didn’t keep us from exploring.
Meet my new friends.

Debbie,Steve, and Carol eat their way thru Italy!
That sounds like fun, and you are probably eating those cute friends of yours…..:-(
hey they’re not even a year old yet! and their clock is ticking as all will be on someone’s plate by the end of the year!
Great post. How interesting! Wish we were with you.
That is where it is hard for me….I couldn’t be around them knowing they are going to be my meal……:-(