Fattoria Roggero

Immersed in the greenery of Rivoli and the morainal hill the town is built on, this historic enterprise began life as a mixed farm. It was Giuseppe’s passion for bees that gave life to the production of prime-quality honeys, which he carries on today with the collaboration of his wife Martile Nicla, his daughter Claudia and his son Lorenzo. All the honey is craft-made in the farm workshop, where they also process propolis and its by-products. The hives are distributed across the Val Pellice, Val di Susa and Val Sangone, in hilly and mountainous areas particularly conducive to apiculture. Honey varieties include lime, acacia, chestnut, rhododendron and dandelion, plus a mountain wildflower version, the object of a Slow Food Presidium. The product range also features pollen, royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, Caramielle, honey and non-alcoholic propolis sweets and cosmetics made with honey and pignoletto rosso cornmeal. All products are on sale at the farm and at Campagna Amica markets. The farm organises courses and visits for children and is recognised as a “fattoria didattica”, or teaching farm.

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