Featuring the oil of Villa Stabbia

"After spending more than 12 years in the petroleum industry (as a geologist and geophysicist), working and living in various countries around the globe, we felt the need to settle down, to improve the quality of our lives and to focus on what was important to us; a happy and healthy family life.

Having two children (at the time 2 and 4 years of age), we did not want them to grow up rootless, lacking a national culture (being of mixed origin to start with) and having to change schools every two or three years. Children need stability and we decided to give them this by moving back to the family farm, Villa Stabbia, in August 2002.

Here at Villa Stabbia, our children can live and grow up in harmony with nature, with the actual presence of their parents and in contact with the older generation. The farm consists of several houses, where Nonna and Nonno (Italian for grandmother and grandfather) live on one side and Mormor (Danish for grandmother) lives on the other side.

The organic principle has always been an integral part of the way Villa Stabbia has been run, with it being close to self-sufficient with vegetables and fruits. Although the farm has been organically driven for many years, we decided to get it certified in 2002.

Although organic farming is more expensive and yields a smaller production, it is vital to our philosophy of living a simple life, follow the true rhythm of nature whilst preserving our environment for future generations. "