THE PROJECT

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The recovery of this water mill, one of the many mills that were operational in the early 1900s in Guardavalle and in the neighboring municipalities, a land of production of cereals and legumes, in particular the senatore cappelli wheat, is not intended to be a romantic gesture and re-enactment of ancient memories, following the current fashion of "typical is beautiful", but the recovery of a structure that, despite 50 years have passed since it stopped grinding and a lot of modern technology that has speeded up the milling times and radically changed the our way of nourishing ourselves, together with the use of increasingly productive wheat varieties, increasingly rich in gluten for a "better" cooking resistance, with increasingly "pushed" cultivation techniques, with a massive use of herbicides, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, it is confirmed to be an environmentally friendly production system, as it uses water as an energy source to function, and respectful of people's health, as The flour that is produced keeps all the characteristics of the ground seed unaltered. The wholemeal flour that is produced from cereals and legumes of local and ancient varieties produced with biological techniques, is the flour that respects people's health since, finally after decades of bad information, it is recognized that "modern" flours ground with machines that distort its structure and characteristics, sometimes even with additives, are the cause of many eating disorders and intolerances. The project also includes, in addition to the recovery of the mill, the arrangement of the area outside the mill to create a sort of "social farm" to carry out educational, recreational and training activities for children, teenagers and adults. Create a place for meeting and discussion in a place where, unfortunately, many have lost hope and trust that something can be done. The Punta Stilo association has as its main objective that of creating job opportunities and social redemption in an area where for decades we have worked to extinguish hopes and make people believe that the only alternative was to leave.

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Up to now, for the works carried out up to now, we have spent 53,800.00 euros out of the 97,373.00 euros foreseen, thanks also to your contributions.

The association was born to give "vent" to a group of people who love their land and want to make it known for the best it can offer. Punta Stilo is the name of the place where the idea was born, an important geographical reference and a stretch of coast rich in history: the Greeks already chose it to build the ancient city of Kaulon. Place characterized by long and wide beaches and an uncontaminated hinterland. A middle ground, as some have defined it, due to the condition of "isolation" into which the political-business system has forced it. In a certain sense, the synthesis of the history of Calabria. And this is where we want to start.

THE MISSION
safeguard and enhance the typical features of the territory

The association aims to safeguard and enhance the exceptional resources of the Calabrian territory in order to develop and assist them, and allowing them to interface vigorously with the market. All this, bringing together companies capable of generating quality, specialties and uniqueness, forming a common front to make themselves known and promote a region, Calabria, rich in peculiarities and excellence. We want to give a chance to young people and to those who honestly want to be able to work and live in their own land.

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HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:

• Basic supporter mill: By paying a free contribution of up to € 49 we will register your name in the register of supporters of the mill and, when you come to visit us, we will be happy to take you on a guided tour of the mill;

• Supporter mill: by making a donation of € 50, in addition to the above, you will be our guest for a tasting of our products (for each € 50 donation your friend will also be our guest).

• Extra supporter mill: with a donation of € 100, in addition to the above (tasting valid for two people), we will send you a bag of 5 kg of flour.

• Quota Mulino: you participate in the purchase and renovation of the mill and the buildings and land belonging to it. Each € 1,000 fee will entitle you to book each year, in one of the apartments that we will recover, a day of vacation and a 30% discount on the flour we will produce.

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• NB: The reservation of the shares of € 1,000 does not require you to participate in the loan, but allows us to quantify the interest in this operation and evaluate when to activate the collection.

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• You can pay your contribution through Satispay clicking here                           or with Paypal

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• We remind you that you can make an excellent contribution by sharing this initiative on the internet.