The Allegra Fattoria delle Murge of the Azienda Agricola Natile is a space for experiencing the world of agriculture open to schools and groups of families who wish to gain an understanding of the world of agricultural production, animals, the figure and work of the farmer, the link between the countryside and the city, and the journey of food.
The livestock farm raises dairy and beef cattle, poultry, rabbits, pigs, donkeys and horses and grows mixed grass for haymaking. There is a vegetable garden, a mixed orchard, an olive grove and a vineyard. The structure, located in the open countryside, offers the possibility of attending workshops, visiting the farm, getting close to the animals, tasting milk and its derivatives produced in the company dairy, recovering the meaning of contact with nature while respecting its forms and rhythms.
It is also possible to take exciting tandem flights using a paramotor or trike with an operator with a special license, enjoying the spectacular panoramic view of the Terra delle Gravine Regional Park. Farm teaching reconstructs contact with reality, because you can touch, smell, taste, get dirty, get tired; in addition, you can be in the open air surrounded by the colors of a natural landscape, you can move in large spaces, interact totally with the environment and its reaction times, developing a critical attention towards habits created by the consumerism of everything and immediately and of the disposable.
Specializations
THE MILK SCHOOL
Guests are involved in fun and educational lessons, adjustable according to age, through which they learn about the biological cycle of dairy cows and retrace the path of milk from the stable to the table.
KNOW THE COWS
Discover the external appearance of a cow, show and explain the reason for its physical characteristics. Then discover how the animal is made internally, reveal many curiosities. Show the life cycle of the cow. Analyze what cows eat.
FROM A BLADE OF GRASS TO RAW MILK
Discovery of the main traditional crops that are part of the agricultural rotation of the area and understanding the importance that the consumption of cereals plays in the feeding of the company's animals.
FROM MILK TO CHEESE
Discovery of the cheese making process. Explanation of the transformations that take place to obtain the cheese. Understanding the history of cheese making. Visit to the mini dairy. Compare yesterday's cheese-making process with today's. Workshop: I make cheese, pack it and take it home.
SPONTANEOUS VEGETABLES IN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE
We know the history of the territory. Meeting and first information on the heritage of wild vegetables in the Murgia area. Guided excursion by experts to discover the edible wild herbs of the Murgia. Recognition, identification of recognition techniques, harvesting. The health properties of wild vegetables, history of vegetables in the Mediterranean diet. Tasting workshops.
OUR �WOOD�, THE MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB
Discovery of the Mediterranean scrub ecosystem. Nature trail through the Mediterranean scrub. Recognition of the various species. In-depth study of the properties of plants and their ancient medicinal uses. Educational laboratory with the senses. Educational laboratory: how to make a herbarium.
THE TREES IN BLOOM
Description of the plant cycle: from flower to seed. Visit to the orchards of the farm (cherry, plum, peach, apricot, ancient fruit, almond, olive trees). We know the parts of the plant: roots, trunk, branches, flowers, leaves, fruits and seeds. Let's learn to distinguish the different types of flowers. Game: let's build the flowers in tissue paper and stick them on the branches of the right trees.
THE SEASONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Let's learn to recognize and harvest vegetables at the right time. What's in the garden: from seeds to seedlings, what's in the soil and what grows out, the importance of water, where vitamins come from. The seasons of the garden. Visit to the farm's garden.
BIO � LOGICAL
Knowledge of organic cultivation techniques without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The courses and activities can be modulated according to age groups.
THE FIVE SENSES ON THE FARM
To awaken all 5 senses of the child/boy through the direct experience of nature.
IN THE WATCH OF THE WIND
Discovering how many things can and can be done with the wind, through the construction and coloring of kites. Walking around the farm you observe and try to find the key to understanding everything in the surrounding nature that has to do with the air and the wind
THE FARMER'S ABC
Introduction to the knowledge of agricultural life.
ORIENTEERING - THE TREASURE HUNT
With this path we will try to teach the child to orient themselves according to the cardinal points with the help of the sun (and shadow) in open spaces. Educate to orientation with and without a map. Historical knowledge of orientation (sun, stars, North Star, moss on trees, compass).
THE INHABITANTS OF THE FARM
Walk on the farm to meet the animals: cows, rabbits, pigs, horses, donkeys, hens, peacocks, dogs and cats.
RENEWABLE ENERGIES
The purpose of the course is to introduce the knowledge of the application of renewable energy in the life of a farm. Specifically, the company has a photovoltaic system.
IN FLIGHT!
The farm will offer the possibility of taking panoramic flights to observe the scenery of the Gravine Park from above in a two-seater with a trike or a motorized paraglider piloted by an operator with a license and authorization.
BIKE ROUTES AND MOUNTAIN BIKE TREKKING
Naturalistic excursions by bicycle with itineraries differentiated by duration and intensity.
HORSEBACK!
Discovering the Murgia and the Gravine Park on horseback!
THE ARCHERS OF MURGIA
Archery lessons taught by qualified instructors.
Educational tours for children, contact with animals, healthy, genuine cuisine at zero km.
