FAQ

No, you don’t. Even if the law of the 6 January 1931 n. 99 could seem unclear in some points, we think there is no prohibition entailed.
The cultivation is free, except for these plants which are prohibited (Ex: plants witch psychoactive effects). Different is the manipulation and transformation of medicinal plants into products. In this cases we have to analyze if the intermediate product is food or an industrial ingredient. The authorizations become more articulated if you come nearer to finished products: food, nutritional supplements, cosmetics and medicines.

Normally medicinal plants are not suitable for speculations with a traditional agriculture which does not even recoup the costs. It is not possible to gain on the plan in itself. Medicinal plants always represent a strategical choice if considered in long run.
It is an other company which can introduce medicinal plants to a farming company. Working on medicinal plants means, in fact, at first equipment for the cultivation, then for the harvest and the post-harvest, and finally for the storage. All this requires time, money and dedication.
To cultivate medicinal plants is a difficult choice, which can not be taken so immediately as it is based on long run company dinamics.

Agripharma is more or less completely independent for what concerns the cultivation of the plants. However some plants can not be cultivated in the area of the southern Veneto. This way, we buy them, from other agriculturists. Recently we have been starting to offer cultivators the possibility to transform their plants into personalized products. Farmers can charge Agripharma with those plants in manufacturing purposes and they can then have available finished products. These, he is insured have been manufactured in complete respect of sanitary and fiscal norms.

Agripharma doesn’t sell directly his products to the public. Our extracts are used by other professionals which make from it their personal specialities. If you are interested contact us and we will fix a meeting at our seat, or one of our agents will meet you as soon as possible.

Yes, sure. Even if you are not Agripharma’s partner. 
You can charge Agripharma with your plants in manufacturing purposes and those will be returned as the product you desired. Contact us and we will suggest you how to appraise your production.

In the agricultural and food sector the system of certifications is regulated by the regulation (UE) 2018/848 , which indicates precise rules for the definition and the certification of organic farmed products. This system, in Italy, is task of strict certification Authorities recognised by the Ministry.

In the sector of herbal cosmetics do exist rules which are applied voluntarily and are

generally shared between the authorities of supervision. This authorities decide which synthetic substances can be used and in which dose.
This way, the traceability and the origin of the prime material is always guaranteed. Even this capillary supervision, the controls are not done during all producing processes, and so there is the necessity to trust the producing company and the accuracy of the latter.

The concept of natural has multiple interpretations, but in the sector of medicinal plants everybody agrees about the fact that natural cures have to be originated from what only nature during his evolution has produced.
All the sector prefers using plants cultivated with organic farming techniques or wild plants, which have been picked up with supervision. But even biological agriculture provides the genetic improvement thanks to selection and reproduction of the best plants or thanks to the cross of different varieties of the same species of plants.
This way to work, is conceptually against, GMO.