SEMINCANTA dal seme di canapa alla tavola

Hemp is a great resource. For agriculture, environment, economy and health.

Supply chain project: developing guidelines for growing Cannabis Sativa and transforming its seeds into high-potential products.

WHAT IS SEMINCANTA

Semincanta project was born to organize a supply chain for industrial hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) and develop the guidelines for the entire cultivation and production process, from an eco-sustainable and low-cost perspective.

STAGES

Cultivation and harvesting

Storage and transformation

PARTNERS

Molino Crisafulli (mill)

Experimental Graniculture Consortium Station for Sicily

Sammartino Farm

The Semincanta project is supported at a technical-scientific level by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies, University of Milan and by the Cereal Growing and Industrial Crops Research Center of Acireale of CREA.

PROJECT GOALS

Optimizing crops in hot-arid environments, enhancing quality Sicilian food products, encouraging corporate restructuring, crop diversification and the creation of new businesses.

ACTIVATING experiences and knowledge

GROWING all together

INFORMING aware producers and consumers

WHY ENTERING THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Farmers can improve the quality of the land by optimizing resources from an eco-sustainable perspective, entrepreneurs can exploit a quality raw material that lends itself to many sectors.

IF YOU ARE A FARMER

Improve soil quality

Optimize water and resources

Diversify the company's production

Pave the way for organic

Approach the world of research

Retrieve a piece of your history

IF YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR

If you have a mill, oil mill or other seed and/or berry processing plant

If you produce food, biomaterials or cosmetic or livestock products

BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS

Hemp derivatives for food use have unique nutraceutical properties. Seeds and flour are rich in valuable nutrients for health. And the original taste goes well with good food and gourmet recipes.

Hemp seed flour is rich in protein and you can use it as a valid alternative to protein sources of animal origin, such as meat, or of vegetable origin but from unsustainable crops, such as soy.
Hemp seed oil provides you with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, including the so-called Omega 3 and Omega 6, now recognized as essential for health and, in particular, for the neonatal development of the nervous system and the strengthening of the defenses immune.
The presence of fibers and minor but important elements, such as phenols, gives hemp products a further added value that makes them an important ally for your diet.