2025 Anniversary CELEBRATIONS: US EVENTS WITH NICCOLòIn February, our Italian Farm Education Director, Niccolò Merighi, visited us in the US to bring together the Spannocchia community in New York City, Boston, and Portland, ME, while also exploring like-minded farms and food producers in the region and attending the NOFA-VT Winter Conference. We had so much fun welcoming Nico to the …
2025 Anniversary: February
FEBRUARY 2025 THEME: INTERNSHIPS & APPRENTICESHIPSIn addition to special events and improvements around the property, each month we will be highlighting a different theme that is central to Spannocchia’s values, history, or current mission. In February we are focused on our INTERNSHIPS & APPRENTICESHIPS. Carrying on the theme of community from January, we can’t help but think about the interns …
2025 Anniversary: January
JANUARY 2025 THEME: COMMUNITYIn addition to special events and improvements around the property, each month we will be highlighting a different theme that is central to Spannocchia’s values, history, or current mission. In January we are focused on COMMUNITY. For decades, Spannocchia has been a gathering place for many: Etruscan scholars and archaeologists, architecture and building restoration students, young farmers …
2025 Anniversary: November 2024
2025 Anniversary CELEBRATIONS: TREE PLANTING!In November 2024, as we prepare for next year’s big anniversaries, we planted 8 cipressi (cypress trees) along the lower part of the long driveway up to Spannocchia, generously gifted by the 2024 Friends of Spannocchia Board of Directors. These trees are iconic of Tuscany, and visually honor the 800 years of history on the Spannocchia …