fARM TO TABLE PHILOSOPHY
The farm
Based on a healthy diet and fresh ingredients provided by the Cretan soil, we created our organic farm in Malia. Under the monitoring and instructions of DIO (Inspection and Certification Organization of Organic Products) we cultivate a variety of fruits, vegetables, trees, a vineyard, and a botanical garden, along with traditional facilities like a wine press, a threshing floor, a greenhouse, and a dryer for sun-dried tomatoes and figs. Our free-range hens provide us with fresh eggs while roaming around the farm.
Our crops are grown with respect for the environment, to create healthy and delicious recipes for our restaurant, with aromas from our region.
Embracing a farm-to-table philosophy, we return a significant portion of the processing and leftover food back to the farm for our animals’ consumption or via composting as organic fertilizer for our plants, thereby reducing our environmental impact.
Our farm will soon be open for guided tours and experiential activities around organic farming, the philosophy of farm to table and zero waste. Our visitors will also have the opportunity to participate in cooking classes, based on fresh, seasonal ingredients from the farm, but also to enjoy the magnificent view of Malia from above with a homemade herbal drink from the farm, in the shade of our century-old carob trees and to the sound of running water.
