Farm LA SELVA D'ABRUZZO

History The company was founded in 1937 by grandfather Luigi Di Massimo, producer of olives for sale to mills in Umbria and Tuscany. Later, his son Joseph extends the olive area business and receives a gift from a local nobleman, engineer Federico Tatone, as a symbol of respect, a traditional oil mill where he started the business of producing its own oil for sale. In 1980 he obtained the first awards for the quality of the product. In the nineties, the nephew Mauro is dedicated to olive acknowledging the passion for the olive and olive oil. Today innovation in growing techniques and extraction technologies bring the farm la Selva d'Abruzzo to be a reality of relevance in the olive-growing province. The Company The Azienda Agricola La Selva d'Abruzzo has three generations of history olivicola.Sin since 1937, in an area between the Gran Sasso and the Adriatic Sea is particularly suited to the cultivation of olives, the family Di Massimo produces a high quality oil. All stages of cultivation, processing and packaging companies are now owned by the current owner Massimo Di Mauro. La Selva d'Abruzzo produces three types of extra virgin olive oil: Organic, DOP Aprutino Pescarese and chain traceability, obtained from the olive cultivar Straight and Leccino. The company was one of the first to convert to organic farming in Abruzzo in fact the whole business management is controlled and certified in accordance with Regulation CE 834/07 and Regulation CE 889/08 by ICEA (Institute for Ethical and Environmental Certification ). The stories and characters that have made the company grow Agricola La Selva d'Abruzzo has three generations of history olivicola.Sin since 1937, in an area between the Gran Sasso and the Adriatic Sea is particularly suited to the cultivation of olives, the family Di Massimo produces a high quality oil. All stages of cultivation, processing and packaging companies are now owned by the current owner Massimo Di Mauro. La Selva d'Abruzzo produces three types of extra virgin olive oil: Organic, DOP Aprutino Pescarese and chain traceability, obtained from the olive cultivar Straight and Leccino. The company was one of the first to convert to organic farming in Abruzzo in fact the whole business management is controlled and certified in accordance with Regulation CE 834/07 and Regulation CE 889/08 by ICEA (Institute for Ethical and Environmental Certification ). The stories and characters that have made the company grow The company was founded in 1937 by grandfather Luigi Di Massimo, producer of olives for sale to mills in Umbria and Tuscany. Later, his son Joseph extends the olive area business and receives a gift from a local nobleman, engineer Federico Tatone, as a symbol of respect, a traditional oil mill where he started the business of producing its own oil for sale. In 1980 he obtained the first awards for the quality of the product. In the nineties, the nephew Mauro is dedicated to olive acknowledging the passion for the olive and olive oil. Today innovation in growing techniques and extraction technologies bring the farm la Selva d'Abruzzo to be a reality of relevance in the olive-growing province.