How two engineering brothers run a 12-hectare organic farm
Alessandro Pizzarotti and his brother left architecture and engineering for the land their grandparents farmed. They run Agricola Schianchi — a 12-hectare certified-organic farm in Italy — by three words: plan, prevent, simplify.
Italy
- Area
- 12 hectares
- Certification
- Certified organic
- Founded
- 2018, on family land
Architects and engineers go back to their grandparents' land.
The Pizzarotti brothers came to farming from disciplines that don't just react — they design ahead. Alessandro holds a degree in architecture; his brother in engineering. The farm is built on land their grandparents worked, named after them, and they've been clear that university degrees in construction didn't pull them away from that path so much as make their return to it more conscious.
In agriculture, they observe, a mistake is usually paid for the following season. Their philosophy — plan, prevent, simplify — is a direct response to that lag. The unsolved part was continuous, trustworthy moisture data per field, available without having to be physically in every plot every day.
SoilSense sits inside their planning routine rather than replacing it. Continuous soil readings give them the ground truth their approach needs — not as a substitute for the agronomic judgment passed down through three generations on this land, but as a sharpener of it.
“Don't plant too much thinking you'll make up for losses with quantity. Plant the right amount and take care of it the best you can.”
Real-time data, alongside three generations of know-how.
Continuous data on soil parameters lets the brothers prevent problems before they manifest and make more informed, more timely agronomic decisions. The intent isn't automation — it's precision technology amplifying environmental and economic sustainability. Their advice to other organic farmers facing the same trade-offs: plant the right amount, take care of it as well as you can. SoilSense supports the second half of that.
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Book a free 30-minute call. We'll size the system to your fields, soils, and the planning routine you already use — SoilSense slots in alongside agronomic judgment, not in front of it.