Evelina believes in natural farming. She applies the agricultural techniques of organic farming, such as rotations (“even though hemp releases nitrogen into the soil, enriching it, so rotation would not even be necessary”, she explains) and the principles of biodinamica farming.

In 2019, she harvested 20 kg of seeds, 30 kg of leaves, and 50 kg of flowers. “From the seeds I make some flour, and part of them I use to fill chocolate; mostly, however, I sell whole seeds. It is a way of preserving their properties”. The seed is eaten as it is, for example in salads or as an ingredient in bread, breadsticks, pizza, cakes and biscuits. The flowers can be used to prepare herbal teas having relaxing properties, to relieve stress and anxiety, while the leaves can be used in vegetable soups, omelettes, or pies. Hemp oleolite, in turn, has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Hemp is also used to enrich other La Chanvosa: products, from the herb mix to the herb salt.

All the products are all on sale in Baceno, in the shop that Evelina Felisatti opened in 2018, “which I also use to organise training courses and events – she says – In 2019, for example, on the occasion of the feast of St. John, which marks the beginning of summer, I promoted a “herb festival”, to talk about the therapeutic use of the herbs collected on the night of St. John. During the summer, instead, I organise workshops with children”.
In summer, the shop also offers the so-called farmer’s basket, made up of the surplus produce from the family vegetable garden – a mix of seasonal products, which has been particularly successful among the many holidaymakers who have a second home in Baceno. Many people living in Milan, indeed, choose this corner of the Ossola Valley for their holidays; “some even end up staying for good”, adds Evelina.