The Mennuli & Alivi family farm is located in the hills of the Noto valley a few steps from Noto (SR) and offers an agricultural and hospitality business concept based on the desire to restore the relationship between man and land, deeply rooted in Sicily, in order to create "wealth" understood in terms of organic agricultural production, diffusion of the principles of good agriculture and eco-sustainable agritourism offer.

“The earth is not created but cared for and cultivated to nourish its children, living beings placed above and below it…”

Thinking about careful and selected agricultural production, the Mennuli & Alivi company has decided to cultivate certain native crops: almonds, in the Pizzuta and Fascionello varieties, olives, belonging to the Moresca, Nocellara dell'Etna and Coratina varieties, and a vast polyculture of fruits that include figs, oranges, pomegranates, lemons and carobs. Selecting crops means knowing how to transform them to enhance their qualities and defend their organoleptic properties.

“Touch it with your hands, move it and compact it around the trees with the strength of your arms and ideas… Thus the earth returns to being the parent of nutrients and values”

Mennuli & Alivi is located in the hills of Val di Noto, an agricultural area near the city of b and a few steps from Noto, the capital of Sicilian Baroque famous throughout the world. Once you arrive on the farm, you are fascinated by the extension of its borders: eight hectares warmed by the sun and refreshed by the daily sea breeze, a natural aid that promotes the growth of crops.

“Grateful towards their mother and their siblings, these perfect children give intoxicating scents and juicy fruits… The trees demonstrate their generosity to those who know how to listen to them”

The main crops of the Mennuli & Alivi company demonstrate the strong link with the Syracuse area and with the Sicilian agricultural tradition. The cultivated almonds belong to the Pizzuta and Fascionello varieties, both Slow Food "Noto Almond" presidia. The Pizzuta almond owes its name to the seed, whose ellipsoid shape ends with a pointed end (u'pizzu), has a characteristic red skin and an unmistakable taste.