CAVALLINO-TREPORTI, ONE OF EUROPE’S LEADING AGRICULTURAL AREAS

Not just tourism, but agriculture: Cavallino-Treporti is one of Europe’s leading agricultural areas. Thanks to its environmental and morphological features, as well as the professionalism of its workers, agricultural products from this area are known all over Italy and in many European countries. Agriculture is deeply rooted in this territory – in the 1950s Cavallino-Treporti was considered the “kitchen garden” of Venice. Local famers set sail on typical vessels known as mascarete to cross the lagoon and travel to the Rialto market, where they sold their produce. A qualitative leap is linked to the deluge of November 1966, which affected local orchards. From that moment on, farmers in the area began to experiment with the cultivation of new varieties of fruit and vegetables, together with innovative production techniques. This resulted in the typical, protected produce grown in greenhouses which, fifty years later, achieved levels of excellence, high quality and guarantees, known throughout Europe. Today there are around 100 farms in the Cavallino-Treporti area. Typical produce includes tomatoes, courgettes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers and lettuce. In recent years, as well as being sold in the most important wholesale markets in Northern Italy, fruit and vegetables from Cavallino-Treporti, identified by the “Parco Turistico” trademark, are also sold directly to tourists, as certified quality products at reasonable prices. Since last Summer, Cavallino-Treporti products identified by the “Parco Turistico” trademark have also been on sale in Coops in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia.