Agreco operates on strictly organic principles. Pests are controlled naturally, dung from the livestock is recycled as manure. Ducks and hens move about under the olive trees – they eat the weeds, and their droppings are excellent fertiliser. When it’s time for them to move on, they are led to the next grove by a trail of corn kernels. Diversity is the keyword (at a time when many farmers are under increasing pressure to produce single crops for mass consumption), and Agreco has its own dairy, beehives and olive press, and all the vines and various crops and vegetables that supply the menu of its on-site taverna. This is open to the public in the early evenings and at lunchtime on Sundays.