Rice El Tamiso: Piedmontese Rice Biodistrict

The first Piedmontese rice biodistrict is located in the Baraggia Biellese and Vercelli areas. All the companies that are part of it cultivate organically, resulting in better health conditions for resident citizens, workers and protection of the environment through bio-regenerative rice farming techniques.

A leading role is reserved for the commitment to the protection of the territory of Baraggia, with its unique peculiarities, such as the Isoetes Malinverniana. An endangered plant, with great importance from a biological point of view, being the only endemic
Italian fern now present only in Baraggia, often near organic rice fields. Isoetes is an ecological indicator, that is, a living organism that is particularly sensitive to

The protection of the rice field ecosystem ensures farmers better quantities and quality of food and guarantees the conservation of the extraordinary variety of life present on earth.