“La Sabatinaccia” was a bet on the future. I had been working as a medical doctor for 30 years when, in 2012, I decided to turn a page in my life.

I had received the Italian medical degree when I was 24, and passed the qualifying examination to practice medicine in the US at 28.  I became a doctor for ethical reasons:  I wanted a job that would be helpful to others and not only a means to support myself.

As a MD, I had two main principles: I coupled an empathetic attitude towards the patients with the highest scientific standards. When I started my farming activity on the Elba Island, it came natural to me to base it on these same principles: ethics, empathy, and the highest scientific standards.