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- Published on Sunday, 24 July 2016 21:14
An "oasis" beauty of Greek and Thessalian land created by Ms. Fotini Bliatsou with her son Themistocles Lekka, proving that Greek agriculture has much more to offer.
In an area of 126 acres outside Larissa cultivates, including Greek aromatic, herbs, legumes. It is a family business founded in 2012 and having already preceded 3 year pilot cultivation of aromatic plants and research. Moreover, it continues the production of legumes, cereals and fine corn.
Mrs. Fotini Bliatsou ties with Volos having friends, colleagues, customers and home on leave. She has been awarded by UNESCO for his contribution to the treatment and the fight against poverty, where anonymous sending food, but these people looked and discovered insisting on the award. He has spoken to the European Parliament to listen to the Europeans that the Greek farmer is not only the one that closes the roads and shouting 'give one euro more ", but what it does do with love producing quality products.
«A life of my childhood I'm farmer" says she and says: "In the farm grow certified herbs and Greek varieties. Are processed herbs to natural drying to follow after packaging, such as oils with herbs, not distillations, tinctures and a wide range of cosmetics based balm. »
Mrs.Fotini Bliatsou except Awarded by UNESCO in the fight against poverty, has been invited to the European Parliament by an event, the "Greek Cafe", "where we presented the products and spoke to the European Parliament to hear and Europeans that the Greek farmer is not only the one that closes the roads and shouting 'give one euro more "and bet on the subsidy, but what it does do so with love and produced quality products in Greece.»
In the area of 126 acres, including cultivated chickpeas, lentils, wheat, corn without using chemistry.
The property accepts schools from the region of Larissa through a program of the Ministry of Education to get introduced to children, from infants to high school, the world of herbs (their number reaches about 600 children), and is tasting and update learning the use of herbs.
All products are channeled through the website from Larissa, Volos, in Greece and abroad (Germany, England, France etc.).
On August 5, the same is a guest in Jordan presence Agronomy faculty, botanists, chemists, biologists for information herbs erecting a bridge of cooperation with the country.
«The goal at first is to visit the Agriculture teachers and agronomists to Greece to see the cultures of our country and what products can go, knowing thereby Thessaly, to become a tourist destination. Why Greece is not only the Greece crisis, the understanding and the beggar, but in Greece produced qualitative things. »
Mrs. Fotini Bliatsou working with TEI, the Chemical Department of the University of Thessaloniki, and the Agricultural University of Thessaly in Volos, which feels great school with very good teachers.
»Married" theory with practice, since students visited the estate and work voluntarily and having the practical application of learners' notes the same.
In the area of the farm made events, a think tank, participating artists, men of letters and therapy.
The motto and philosophy of the farm are: "The land cultivation is cultivation of the soul, of nature and of human relationships through time and places" as ending Mrs. Fotini Bliatsou.
The award
A first difference was that for Thessaly and agricultural tradition as a Larissa peasant woman who for 40 years now deals with the earth and the fields, awarded by UNESCO last December for the appropriate in the fight against poverty.
Farm Efkarpia was the only farm in Greece who received in Piraeus in a special ceremony and accepted the award Larissa Mr. Light Bliatsou from the president of the Group for UNESCO Piraeus and Islands and vice Clubs World Federation of Associations and UNESCO Centres (WFUCA) for Europe and North America Mr. John Maronite and the deputy mayor of Piraeus Mr. Chris Agrapidis.
The farm
Continue a family tradition of many years in the field of agriculture Fotini Bliatsou pitched away from Larisa to Mezourlo farm "Efkarpia". He deals with the cultivation, production, processing and packaging of mainly legumes, cereals, maize, but also herbs and their preparations with great success and with exports even abroad.
The collection and processing of herbs, as well as the packaging of products, as reported to us by itself, done by hand and naturally. Handmade still is and all preparations with recipes that follow the traditions.
Here nature plays the most decisive
On the farm produced many herbs and everything outside of the known treatments used in cooking, after the addition of an aromatic gives a distinctive flavor to dishes while releasing beneficial to the body properties. Furthermore the use of flavoring particularly in barbeque is necessary, since according to surveys block the carcinogenic compounds formed by high temperatures.
role and the culture organically certified herbs is, of course, without the use of drugs. Washing, natural drying and gentle and traditional management by hand, just after the time of collection, is the big secret ...
History of the farm
From generation to generation transferred the knowledge about cultures and love for the land, as well as the persistence continuous search for innovative ideas, new information and technology.
The fertile plains of Thessaly from prehistoric years constitute the largest grain production potential of the Greek peninsula.
The Larissa, in central Thessaly plain, chose at the end of the 19th century and after the liberation of Thessaly by the Turks the Themistocles Bliatsou, to bring his family from the Peloponnese.
It is landowner buying part Turkish oldest manor from the Greek government in the area of Larissa, and the Konak Turkish aga with premises, warehouses, stables, pigeon etc.
Man energetic and hardworking loved the Thessalian land and reported that the love in his son George, who modernized the cultivation of cereals.
From the mid-20th century children George, Themistocles and Chris, after the expropriations of 1952 buy new land and have rapid growth. apply modern engineering culture with the most modern equipment of the time, under the supervision of Chris, single mechanical agricultural tools.
The leader Themistocles, in collaboration with researchers from the Agricultural School of Thessaloniki and the American Farm School proposes moving to new crops.
Tirelessly two brothers and a special love for the earth and its offspring, grow besides grains, legumes, pulses, cotton, watermelons and create a model farm of 150 acres of new pear varieties.
The family tradition continues today Fotini Bliatsou , daughter of Themistocles and son Themistocles Lekkas.
The philosophy of farm
The farm "Efkarpia" is a family business. He deals with the cultivation, production, processing and packaging of mainly legumes, cereals, maize, but also herbs and their preparations.
The collection and processing of herbs, as well as the packaging of all products made by hand and naturally. Is handmade and all preparations in strict traditions.
On the farm "Efkarpia" nature plays the most crucial and important role in all cultures. The culture organically certified herbs is, of course, without the use of drugs. Washing, natural drying and gentle and traditional management by hand, just after the time of collection, offers products of exceptional quality and uniqueness.
The farm "Efkarpia" offers certified quality products and organic products. The procedures, and packages are all certified according to the standard ISO 22000: 2005, and organic products are certified by Green Audit.
The farm today
Today the farm "Efkarpia" producing twelve kinds of herbs, only Greek varieties, with modern cultivation methods and the traditional natural way of collecting, drying and management. It is a family business founded in 2012 and having already preceded 3 year pilot cultivation of aromatic plants and research. Furthermore continues producing legumes, cereals and vintage corn, crops which counts years of experience and which constitute the main crops of the farm.
SOURCE: www.e-thessalia.gr
