Agria potatoes
The Agria variety is the company's flagship product. Tended with care from sowing to digging and packaging, this potato stands out for qualities that have made it well regarded in Fucino production.
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Producers · Gioia dei Marsi (AQ)
Vegetables from the plain of Fucino: potatoes, carrots and onions grown in Gioia dei Marsi
Eccellenza Italianacertificata 2025–2026
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The place
Azienda Agricola Raffaele Alfonso has grown vegetables in the plain of Fucino, in Gioia dei Marsi, since the early 1990s. Born as a family business and formalised under its current name in 2003, the company is dedicated to producing several varieties of potatoes, along with carrots and onions. The land of the plain of Fucino offers natural conditions particularly favourable to vegetable growing, allowing for quality production that showcases Abruzzo's agricultural tradition.
The origins
Azienda Agricola Raffaele Alfonso was founded in the 1990s in the plain of Fucino, taking its current name in 2003.
Why you can trust it
AZIENDA AGRICOLA RAFFAELE ALFONSO is a member of the Eccellenze Italiane network. The mark is registered in Italy and abroad: every certified business has a unique identifier, which can be checked at any time.
Location
AZIENDA AGRICOLA RAFFAELE ALFONSO is already on our map, with its own mark among the other certified businesses of the area: here you can look at it up close.
Enter the mapIn the making · How it is made
The company cultivates land in the plain of Fucino, an area recognised for its agricultural vocation and for soil characteristics that favour fruit and vegetable production.
Each vegetable variety is tended through every stage of the production cycle, from soil preparation to sowing, with particular attention to the specific needs of each crop.
Potatoes, the company's main crop, are harvested through digging operations carried out in line with ripening times, to ensure quality and shelf life.
The vegetables are packaged according to criteria that preserve their freshness and organoleptic qualities, ready for distribution.
What is made here
The Agria variety is the company's flagship product. Tended with care from sowing to digging and packaging, this potato stands out for qualities that have made it well regarded in Fucino production.
The Blue Star variety brings the distinctive character of purple potatoes to the fields of Fucino, with particular organoleptic properties and a colouring that makes them instantly recognisable.
Carrot growing in the plain of Fucino draws on the area's favourable conditions to produce quality vegetables for the fresh produce market.
The company grows several onion varieties, including the Cipolla d'Oro (golden onion), cultivated on Fucino land according to the area's traditional techniques.
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