2023 Impact Report

Bona Furtuna is on a mission to build a healthy community of individuals through education, passion and promotion of the highest quality organic & heirloom cuisines. Every year we continue to learn and implement ways to be better and are grateful for your support along the way. We're proud to share our 2023 Impact Report with you.
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2022 Impact Report

We thrilled and proud to share our 2022 Impact Report with you. This passed year, we partnered with a number of new Italian artisan producers, we added a series of new products to our catalogue, and have made great strides to our goal of being carbon neutral by 2025.
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Certified B Corp: What Does It Mean?

Throughout March Bona Furtuna is proudly celebrating B Corp Month. We are sharing with you what it means to be a B Corp and what we are doing to have a positive social & environmental impact as a Certified B Corporation.

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Mother Tree: A Symbol of Our Heritage

Native to the Monti Sicani region of Sicily, the Biancolilla Centinara olive tree species was thought to be extinct until a team of researchers at the University of Palermo, including our Chief Scientist and Master Botanist, Dr. Pasquale "Mimmo" Marino, rediscovered it. Self-pollinating and quick to produce fruit, Mimmo recognized the importance of this varietal and carefully nurtured the species to once again thrive in the soils of its heritage.
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Grottaglie: The Heart of Italian Ceramics

Tucked into the hillside of Monte Samuel Pizzuto, Grottaglie, also known as "the city of ceramics," has been home to ceramicists for centuries. Surrounded by deep ravines and cool caves, the clayey earth of this charming Northern Puglian town has been worked by human hands since at least the Classical Age (8th-6th Century BC). Later settled by ancient Greeks and Romans, the charming town was put on the map for its ceramic production during the Middle Ages.
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From the Heart of Sardinia

Our Sardinian Pastas are exclusively available through Bona Furtuna. These handmade pastas are extremely labor intensive and can only be produced in limited quantities. Discover the unique braided Lorighittas, and the hand-rolled Ciccioneddos and Andarinos pastas rarely found outside the island of Sardinia.
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