Cascina Oschiena

Grown in Ecological Biodervisity Protected Area

Cascina Oschiena is one of the oldest paddy fields in the province of Vercelli. Rice has been produced on the farm since the XVI century at the time of the Benedictine Monks. Today they maintain the long tradition of cultivating this ancient crop while also guaranteeing the highest quality standards and protection of the Environment. The rice is grown in an Ecological Biodiversity Protected Area - Natura 2000 and it is ‘Friend of the Earth’ certified. They have planted over 5000 trees and created over 60 acres of Natural Wetlands by converting one fourth of the farmland from rice cultivation into a Nature Reserve. The special tecniques used for the rice cultivation, such as sowing in water, increases enormously biodiversity both aquatic and terrestrial and allows them to keep the historical landscape alive.