They are often women, they are very young and often with a degree in their pocket: they left the city to live in the country, to return to be farmers, fleeing insecurity, the hustle and the  city lives’ consumerism.

Every day, the rural world is gaining more appeal for young people who already from the high school dream of a life tied to the land and to agriculture. And so, after decades in which young farmers no longer existed, the numbers start to rise exponentially. In Italy, according to Coldiretti, the agricultural women entrepreneurs have increased of 63% from 2014 to 2015 (with a double growth compared to that of men) And thanks to them, agriculture changes, it meets technology, opens the door to tourism and back to be more and more organic.

We met fore young people who devote their lives to agriculture and that they decided to open an eco-friendly accommodation in the countryside. They are Elisabetta and Simone who left the city and its comforts to recover an old family farmhouse that was abandoned, Alice that decided to major in agriculture, Cinzia and Diego who courageously have tried without experiences in the field. They are young people who have decided to risk, who have changed their lives in search of something more natural.

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