For a World Earth Day more committed than ever 

Beyond words, promises and greenwashing , World Earth Day is celebrated with actions. With real actions and commitments that demonstrate awareness and generate a positive impact for our planet. Because we know that the future is sustainable or it will not be. And Fontclara knows this very well : that is why it is a pioneering project in terms of sustainability.

Nuri Torrent, director of Fontclara , reveals to us in a brief interview the company's involvement in caring for the earth, a commitment that also goes far beyond producing an ecological 0km EVOO.

What is your link and commitment to the territory like? 

Our bond and commitment to the territory is total. We are clear that to achieve the proposed objective of producing the best olive oil we need to take maximum care of our crops and this is transferred to our territory. We are improving our cultivation techniques year after year, minimizing intervention in the field and maximizing the improvement of the environment.

What does it mean for you and for nature to produce an organic oil? 

For us we do not see any other way than to produce an oil within a sustainable and ecological framework. What's more, we take many more steps than those established by ecological regulations to improve our crops, our soil and our environment. And this is reflected in the product achieved and we also see it reflected in the consumers and everyone who visits us and participates in the project.

Do you carry out activities to take care of the land and vegetation in the area? 

Yes and so much. For a long time we have focused on caring for the land, improving its fertility and biodiversity. We have a perennial plant cover on all our farms that helps us minimize erosion, losses of organic matter, increases biodiversity, helps us with compaction problems, etc... And we use organic fertilizers of animal and plant origin to fertilize the floor. 

We also keep all the margins of the farms alive, to increase all the existing biodiversity of the environment. We have fruit trees interspersed with our olive trees to minimize the effect of monoculture and improve the environmental conditions of the farms.

Other projects or initiatives in which you collaborate to promote care for the planet?

We are in a project to calculate atmospheric carbon on our farms through our perennial plant cover, which is working by collecting atmospheric carbon, CO₂, and incorporating it into the soil, in order to contribute to the mitigation of climate change.

For a few years now, we have installed underground irrigation, which allows us to save up to 40% of water compared to conventional drip irrigation, to minimize this consumption. We are also in a conversion to be energetically sustainable from sunlight. Currently we are already at 90% efficiency and all our farms are irrigated with solar energy.

How do you see yourselves in the future, would you like to make new commitments?

Yes, we are constantly thinking about what options and challenges we can consider to be pioneers in the production of top quality olive oil and be a model of business sustainability.