Before starting each production cycle, we analyse the soil and check there are no diseases and parasites that could ruin the crops. Depending on the time of year we choose the most suitable crops to sow each time.

We carefully select the seeds, through an ongoing varietal research to make sure we only supply tasty and genuine baby leaf salads. Mechanised equipment is used to sow the seeds in our greenhouses to make this phase faster and more accurate.

During the growth of baby leaf salad, we continually carry out analysis, preventive assessments and manual weeding, depending on the time of year and the type of baby leaf sown. The constant caring for the soil and the growth of each leaf allows us to preserve the quality and goodness of our produce.

Our greenhouses are equipped with weather control units and recording stations used to monitor the temperature and humidity present in the greenhouses and in the environment every single day. The monitoring of weather conditions allows us to intervene in a preventive and targeted manner and protect the crops both during the cold and hotter months of the year.

We adopt out a fully mechanised ‘just in time’ harvesting method at all our production sites. This procedure preserves the integrity and quality of the individual salad leaves and allows us to check the harvesting operations in real time, immediately identifying the presence of any foreign organisms that could damage the quality of the final product.

After harvesting the crops in the greenhouse, the baby leaf salads are moved inside our farming facilities, where optical sorting machines and manual controls are used to ensure further sorting of all the harvested salads. During this phase, the lamb’s lettuce is the only Baby Leaf that undergoes the pre-washing, drying and automatic sorting process using an optical sorting machine, while the other Baby Leaf salads move on to the next phase without being pre-washed.

After being carefully checked, our baby leaf salads are ready to be packaged in trays or bags. We use a mechanised process equipped with a metal detector and automatic weight control unit. The packaging is sealed with food-grade film. Upon request we can provide customised film with logos and information.