EROICO 2024 RICE — Nano — Una Garlanda

Nano brown rice

The Nano rice variety was developed in 1912 by the Vercelli experimental station through selection from Chinese Originario. A compact, hardy variety, it remained uncommon because of its short plants, small round grains and very low yields.

From the 1920s, with the arrival of hybridisation, Nano’s qualities were rediscovered and used in artificial crosses to produce new varieties, including the well-known Vialone Nano.

Recovered and preserved by Una Garlanda, Nano has been listed in the register of conservation varieties since 2018. Our small harvest makes it possible to savour this rice in its wholegrain form: a small grain with exceptional flavour and value.

The 350 g natural cotton bag, presented in its Eroico box, makes a lovely gift for holidays, special occasions or wedding favours. An 850 g version is also available. Eroico is also available in 4 kg and 20 kg bulk packs on request.

MORE THAN ORGANIC, BIODIVERSE! CERTIFIED FROM SEED TO PLATE

WHAT MAKES THIS RICE EROICO?

THE LAND: Baraggia, the “savannah of Piedmont”, with its precious red soils, is so difficult to farm that it was described as a land unable to provide a livelihood.

THE CLIMATE: At the foot of snow-capped Monte Rosa, our rice fields face low temperatures, producing small harvests of outstanding quality.

THE SEED: Strong, hardy and self-reliant, Eroico belongs to the heritage varieties shaped by nature that Una Garlanda preserves and grows today.

THE CULTIVATION: Entirely natural, more than organic: biodiverse. Reproduced without synthetic chemicals or technological aids, surrounded by hundreds of life forms in a wild environment and tended with love, our seeds grow hardy and strong, becoming heroes.