{"id":166051,"date":"2025-12-23T09:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tauroessiccatori.com\/essiccatori-professionali\/settori\/agriturismi-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:56:11","slug":"farmhouses-2","status":"publish","type":"settori","link":"https:\/\/www.tauroessiccatori.com\/en\/essiccatori-professionali\/settori\/aziende-agricole\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agricultural enterprises<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\"Processing<\/span>
\n

Enhance every harvest with professional drying<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Are you a farm and looking for a way to give more value to what you grow?
Drying is the key to transforming your productions into unique, authentic and long-life products<\/strong>, reducing waste and opening up new sales opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From soil to laboratory: a virtuous cycle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By drying, fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers become valuable ingredients, ready to be sold as such or processed<\/strong> in mixtures, powders, snacks, herbal teas or flavourings.
A natural method that preserves colour, fragrance and nutritional properties<\/strong>, allowing you to offer your customers the taste of seasonality even out of season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovating while staying true to the land<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drying also means diversifying production<\/strong>, give new life to what would otherwise be lost and tell a more conscious and sustainable agriculture.
You can offer boxes of dried products, lines for shops and local markets or ingredients for chefs, agro-tourism and artisans of taste.
A concrete way to make your company more resilient, recognisable and independent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No need to be a big industry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professional drying is also suitable for small farms, agritourisms and family workshops<\/strong>.
With modular machinery and simple processes, you can start small, grow gradually and maintain control over every stage of production, from harvesting to packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Chips<\/figure>
\n

Story of those who succeeded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drying as the only transformation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Podere Colombara - Imola (BO)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

\u201cWe are an organic farm that cultivates and dries as its only process.
We make dried fruit!<\/em> is our motto.
Of all the preservation methods, drying was exactly what we were looking for: a process that transformed the product as little as possible.\u201d
- Giulia Serrao<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What they dry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mainly fruit<\/strong>apricots, plums, persimmons, strawberries, melon and cherries.
But also vegetables<\/strong> such as tomatoes, garlic, onions, courgettes and pumpkin.
They cultivate and dry directly, without any other processing, and when needed they use carefully selected organic farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What it prepares<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chips and natural powders<\/strong> to be used to flavour dishes, drinks or cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the project started<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning they only sold the fresh, but soon realised that it was difficult to place the whole product on the market.
Organic fruit, often imperfect, was sold off to cooperatives or even discarded.
During the markets, they met companies that transformed their crops into jams or juices and realised that this was the way forward.
They decided to experimenting with drying<\/strong>, by choosing a natural and non-invasive method of preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are two biologists, and this helped us: we studied the various methods and fell in love with drying. It was exactly what we were looking for: a way to preserve the product without distorting it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sales channels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Podere Colombara started with the direct sales at markets and fairs<\/strong>, where contact with the public and tastings facilitated product knowledge.
Today, he continues to attend only a few selected events, focusing on distribution and online sales<\/strong>, through their own e-commerce and channels such as Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A concrete example of how drying can become the purest and most sustainable form of agricultural processing<\/strong>, valuing every fruit of the earth's labour.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why choose drying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n