Sit began very early with the conscious vision of Giovanni Domini. A physician and pharmacist, university professor, and industry consultant, he immediately saw the future of his Casalvento property in pharmaceuticals. With other colleagues at the University of Siena, he collaborated on studies on active ingredients and formulated pharmaceutical products. But what is an active […]
The production of Casalvento Iris Butter is featured in a documentary within the television series *Galileo*, broadcast by the German network ProSieben. Also available in Poland and Russia, it has over 3 million subscribers on its YouTube channel. One of the over 6,000 episodes is dedicated to Iris Pallida and the production of Iris Butter […]
A certified company is the foundation of any reliable manufacturing operation. Every business is made up of people. Identity and culture define the value of every company: training, experience, qualifications, equipment, suitable premises, and compliance with regulations are essential. A company is only useful if its product is useful. It cannot survive on self-referencing but […]
Our company received a great award entrepreneurship and biodiversity on 2017 by dr. Piero Pii, mayor of Casole d’Elsa on June 24, 2017. The event was the second edition of the Flavors of Music in the Bichi Borghesi estate in Scorgiano. We were awarded a crystal horse on which is engraved “recognition for biodiversity and […]
From March 2 to 5, 2017, at the beautiful Cicalino estate in Massa Marittima, we gave a report at the International Conference on Essential Oils organized by FIPPO. An audience of enthusiasts, companies, entrepreneurs, and consultants enlivened the four-day event. Numerous Italian and international speakers contributed to the success of the meeting, engaging the audience […]
VLC16 is a television channel featuring programs for a modern audience and covering essential oil production. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), recommended our organization to VLC16, which was looking for an example of the evolution of peasant work to share with the people […]
New cosmetics are functional in nature, requiring active ingredients that are appropriately combined with other excipients to enhance their efficacy. This entails optimally extracting the right active ingredients from selected botanicals. It also means measuring the product’s effectiveness using scientific methods. Realizing this vision has occupied us for nearly ten years. Let’s see how we […]
We are beginning to modernize medicinal plant cultivation by mechanical harvesting of lavender. Every production activity must be properly organized. We need a nursery to supply the business with aromatic plants and a system for the mechanical harvesting of lavender. Distillation must be carried out using stills of appropriate capacity, located in suitable premises dedicated […]
We began to distill lavender in the 60s, but this coincided with a much more romantic story. Liguria, a honeymoon on the Col di Nava, an advertising song on the scent of lavender … and in Casalvento it was immediately blue. It was unthinkable in the 1960s to come across specialized crops of medicinal plants, […]
Small billhooks (roncolini) were used on every farm for processing Iris Pallida, at least four per family. They were used only for one month a year and were used to work the iris. Crafted by the local blacksmith from the finest steel available, they had a handle of chestnut or beech wood. They were used […]
