Campanica | Monitoring Italy's Campania region around Naples

LET YOU EXPERIENCE THE SAN MARZANO TOMATO FARM-TO-TABLE PROCESS Chef Elle Simone's trip to the Campania region in Italy, where San Marzano tomatoes grow in the Sarnese-Nocerino district. She learns about the San Marzano tomato from cultivation to cooking. Renowned for blooming in the most ideal conditions, including mineral-rich volcanic soil, ample water sources, and consistent relative humidity, San Marzano tomatoes take an elongated plum shape, and are colored a vibrant red. During her excursion, she learned the special harvesting process on San Marzano tomatoes, and the rigorous processing of them to maintain the DOP label, which is a premium stamp of approval by Italy’s agricultural department. Chef Elle Simone discovers that the soul of San Marzano, Italy is in a tomato | Ark Republic