Restoring Abandoned Olive Trees at Leonardo da Vinci's Home
Efforts are underway to restore the long-abandoned olive trees located around the birthplace of Leanardo da Vinci in Montalbano, Tuscany . The recovery of the trees and many other abandoned groves in the central Italian region is the goal of a recently founded agricultural startup that focuses on restoring historic olive orchards. We decided to start this project because there are so many abandoned orchards. Official data show that in the whole of Tuscany, there are around four million trees that need to be recovered and restored. - Tommaso Dami, founder, Ager Oliva Olive trees have grown in Tuscany and Vinci, a small town just west of Florence, since their introduction in the Fifth or Sixth centuries CE. For the past 1,500 years, they have become an integral part of Tuscany’s economy and culture. See Also: Rehabilitating Olive Trees in Aragón to Stem Spain’s Rural Exodus When Da Vinci was born in 1452, olive trees dotted the surrounding countryside...