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Welcome

Who We Are

We are a group of people who believe in a world in which the physical and spiritual dimension of man coexist in total harmony, seeking a sustainable way of life in balance with the rhythms of nature. All our work is based and developed upon this vision, producing in an organic and ecological way towards a final product which is the purest and true to its essence. Only through this way, we'll be able contribute to the manifestation of the New World, - and the New Age - Where the relationship between man and nature is a cooperative one, within an absolute respect for its rhythms and purposes.

Where We Are

We are in a very big and ancient farm located near Monsaraz in Alentejo - a knights templars middle age town next to the Alqueva, the largest artificial lake in Europe. With our very own ecosystem, we have managed to gather the best conditions for some great quality products. We have water abundancy, sunlight, and a thermal amplitude all year long, which allows us to produce a variety of products; From organic essence oils to organic Spelt flour.

Our Vision

Organic Farming

Looking towards a harmonious relationship between nature's rhythms and its kingdoms delicate balance, Ritmo Campestre develops an organic production, to obtain high quality products without any chemical contamination and thus nurturing the earth's soil.

Healing by Nature

We seek in the nature life cycles and it's natural substances the therapeutic tools that allow us to promote healing on multiple levels, in a constant connection between heaven and earth.

Harmonic Transformation

We create our products by most natural means, in order to obtain a result as pure as possible and thus, allowing the same products to promote an internal transformation, both in man as in the environmental world around him.

Self Sustentability

Our local production, from our own lands, is our quest for a better future in a total self-sufficiency of energy resources and raw materials thus creating a new and local awareness and life style.

The Organic Raw Materials

LAUDANUM

Cistus Ladanifer

Cistus ladanifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean region. Common names include gum rockrose, laudanum, labdanum, common gum cistus and brown-eyed rockrose.

It is a shrub growing 1–2.5 m (3 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) tall and wide. The leaves are evergreen, lanceolate, 3–10 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, dark green above and paler underneath. The flowers are 5–8 cm diameter, with 5 papery white petals, usually with a red to maroon spot at the base, surrounding the yellow stamens and pistils. The whole plant is covered with the sticky exudate of fragrant resin, the source of labdanum, used in herbal medicine and perfumery.

LAVANDIN GROSSO

Lavandula Hybrida

Legitimate lavender produce this European hybrid with only a little help from pollinating bees. Lavandin develops extensively in France, between the lower fields of lavender and the high elevations of lavender. The flowers of blue or grayish hue are larger and more rigid than those of the other two species, but appear to have less curative powers having less relaxing and sleepy properties than lavender, but can be applied in the same way.

ROSEMARY VERBENONE

Rosmarinus Officinalis

Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub with leaves similar to hemlock needles. It is native to the Mediterranean and Asia, but is reasonably hardy in cool climates. It can withstand droughts, surviving a severe lack of water for lengthy periods. Forms range from upright to trailing; the upright forms can reach 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The leaves are evergreen, 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 2–5 mm broad, green above, and white below, with dense, short, woolly hair.

EUCALYPTUS

Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus globulus, the Tasmanian bluegum, southern blue-gum or blue gum, is an evergreen tree, one of the most widely cultivated trees native to Australia. The natural distribution of the species includes Tasmania and southern Victoria (particularly the Otway Ranges and southern Gippsland). There are also isolated occurrences on King Island and Flinders Island in Bass Strait and on the summit of the You Yangs near Geelong. There are naturalised non-native occurrences in Spain and Portugal, and other parts of southern Europe incl. Cyprus.