Discover the italian rice origin
The historical rice varieties collection kept by Una Garlanda.
Those small productions are dried under the sun and
we offer them as a special edition which grows with new flavors and colors every year.
THEY ARE HEROICS BECAUSE:
- The LAND:
They grow in "Baraggia" region, the "savanna of Piedmont", with its
red soil and clods similar to nuggets; it is very difficult to cultivate so
much so that it is defined as "non-subsistence land".
-The CLIMATE:
they originates from rice fields that are "at the foot" of the snowcapped
“Monte Rosa” so they have to face low temperatures which
give small productions with high quality.
-The SEED:
Our HEROICS are strong, rustic, autonomous and they are part of
of the spontaneous historical varieties group that have been found
more than 100 years ago. Una Garlanda is actually safeguarding it
overcoming abandonment; we are cultivating those historical rice
varieties respecting the first founders memory and work.
-CULTIVATION METHOD :
METHOD: It’s totally natural… more than organic... it is BIODIVERSE!!!
Because those seeds reproduce themselves without the
interference of synthetic chemistry or technological fertilization
supports and they are surrounded by the hundreds of life forms of
a wild environment and by lots of love.
They grow rustic and strong becoming HEROES!!!
Heroic 2024
Nano
"NANO" Rice 2024
The “Nano” rice variety was obtained by mass selection from a “Chinese Originario”
(ancient rice variety) population in 1912 by the “Vercelli experimental rice station”.
This rice variety is compact and strong but its diffusion was limited, due to the small size of
the plant and to the grain shape (round) and also to the very low yields.
From 1920 with the arrival of hybridization, the qualities of the "Nano" were rediscovered
to generate, with artificial crosses, new varieties such as the very famous "Vialone nano".
The “Nano” rice variety has been recovered, safeguarded and registered in the Italian
Conservation Varieties register since 2018 by Una Garlanda. Thanks to our small production
the “Nano” can finally be tasted in its whole flavor.
A priceless taste and value in a very small grain!
Sun dried rice
Heroic 2023
NN Nuovo Nostrale
NN Nuovo Nostrale
Mixture of Medium, Round and Long Grain Rice
ALL THE VITAL ENERGY OF EVOLUTIONARY RICE MIXTURES ON OUR TABLES!!!
“Unity is strength”; originally this was also the case for rice which did not know the
separation or the boundaries of names, varieties, genealogies or groups.
Mixtures (ecotypes) of local seeds, very different from each other, were simply called
"Nostrale" and they were cultivated and eaten for centuries. Thanks to those differences,
they adapted themselves to the environment and to its changes.
Since 2009, Una Garlanda multiplied and preserved 19 historical rice varieties and since
2010, thanks to the impulse of the unforgettable Mr Giuseppe Mirabelli first, and to the
teachings of prof. Salvatore Ceccarelli then, we mixed the seeds, resulting in the "creation"
in 2016 of the evolutionary mixture "NN Nuovo Nostrale"!
“NN Nuovo Nostrale” takes us back, for the first time, to the true roots of “soup” and
“risotto”; it is a first fruit and a unique universe of different consistencies, flavors and
aromas and it is able to pair with any seasoning or cooking and to satisfy all tastes!
Sun dried rice
Heroic 2022
Riso Lencino
LENCINO RICE
Historical sources trace Lencino Rice arrival from Asian countries
and its first cultivations in the Po Valley,
between 1875 and 1890.
The manual harvesting abandonment and the new technologies made the "awn"
(a hairy or bristle-like growth on the seed) of Lencino paddy, too uncomfortable
for combine harvesters.
The Lencino cultivation was interrupted for these reasons.
The memory of Lencino wiht its wild, rustic characteristics
and excellent goodness slipped, thus, into oblivion.
Una Garlanda saved and multiplied Lencino rice seeds and then,
in 2016 and we regularly registered this old
variety in the “National Conservation Varieties Register”.
Thanks to this hard work we have today the UNIQUE opportunity
to appreciate its extraordinary organoleptic characteristics that allow it
to be enjoyed in many recipes,
almost without seasonings.
Sun dried rice
Lencino has been put to the test by the terrible shortage
of water and rain which in 2022 put the entire harvest at risk...
Riso Lencino has succeeded!!
Proving us once again that the ancient and non-hybrid seeds
epigenetics allows them to face and overcome emergencies
and difficulties like true HEROES!!!"
Heroic 2021
Red Rice Angelo
RED RICE ANGELO
it is a rice with red pericarp and it has a particular aroma;
we found it by chance in our rice fields in 2006.
We do not know its origins, perhaps it is the result of a spontaneous
mutation generated by natural solar radiation at the fertilization time;
It is not currently classified among the varieties preserved and registered
in theNational Seed banks,
and for this reason it is an absolute RARITY and it needs to be preserved.
Red Rice Angelo is today for you, the HEROIC 2021!!!
With its red/orange color, with its pleasantly invading aroma and
with its long and elegant grain.
Sun dried rice
It lets itself be found at “Cascina dell'Angelo”
and we decided to name it after our house and
after that guardian angel who protects the lands
and all of us.
Heroic 2020
Chinese Ostiglia
CHINESE OSTIGLIA is a type of long-grain rice
CHINESE OSTIGLIA
It is an ancient rice variety with large grains and mysterious origins;
may be that it had been originally selected by the landraces or
populations of "Nostrale" (the oldest and never classified Italian rice),
but its discoverer is unknown.
It was established in 1906, after years of cultivation especially in the
Mantua area and throughout the Po Valley; around 60 years ago
farmers abandoned its cultivation and it disappeared from the fields
and from the tables.
Since 2017, We registered Chinese Ostiglia in the “National
Registyer of Conservation Varieties”
and thanks to Una Garlanda, the UNIQUE opportunity
of tasting a very good rice is back with its large grains ideal for
“risottos”
also thanks to its excellent cooking resistance.
A true rarity in the name of TRUE tradition!
Sun dried rice
"In a year of great, fast and difficult changes,
EROICO 2020 was born to bring a positive and
hopeful message!!!
An survival example that gives strength and
energy to those who feed on it!!!"
Atrue rarity in the name of TRUE tradition!
Try a new flavor
Try the rice of your ancestor
Try the HEROIC
Try the rice of your ancestor
Try the HEROIC
Help us defend nature and biodiversity,
Choose ancient varieties grown without
chemicals, only in this way can they continue to exist!!!