The Fasser farm is in Parcines, close to the spa town of Merano. The orchards around the property are surrounded by hedges and bushes which Manfred planted deliberately in order to give the landscaping a more natural look and to provide a habitat for beneficial organisms. He is the second generation of his family at the Fasser farm and he has been organic since 1997. He gained the necessary knowledge at the Laimburg technical college for fruit production, viticulture and horticulture in South Tyrol. But it took cooperation with his neighbour to muster the courage to make the leap of faith into organics. Both of them started by setting aside a small parcel of their holdings and they soon achieved amazing results. Today, Manfred could not imagine any other way of working. The land looks closer to its natural state, the air feels different, the smell of the orchards is more intense, and the grass has grown back under the Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Idared, Braeburn and Kanzi trees. But of all these aspects, it is the step back into a more natural way of things which Manfred likes most.