The Sunn farm is sunny by name and sunny by nature. It is close to the spa town of Merano, in the village of Parcines which has a panoramic view of the Val Venosta. The evening mountain sun of the Texel Group bathes this area in light. Markus Schönweger inherited some of his land from his father and he has added to this with purchases. He graduated from the Laimburg technical college for fruit production, viticulture and horticulture in South Tyrol and he grows mainly red, organic apples. Markus deals with the work in the orchards mostly on his own. His favourite job is the solitary winter pruning of the trees. When he is short-handed, especially picking apples at harvest time, his family help out. Markus converted from integrated production to organic farming in 2007. "Respect for nature means giving back what we have received from her." Markus wants to achieve this with his production method. The increasing levels of biological diversity in his orchards clearly demonstrate to him that he is on the right track.