The
rural farm
Back to the roots and family tradition of cultivating the land, many Promina residents plant olives in places of abandoned arable land and old vineyards.
In our family, health was the biggest impetus for the transition from traditional wine production to olive oil. We have always questioned what we eat and how we can contribute to our health, and we often discuss this topic.
Return to commercial grape growing for wine production might be a matter of profit, while olive cultivation is not just a profit it is a health concern, given the extra virgin olive oil health benefits and culinary values.
Commercial olive growing and olive oil production require a combination of climate, soil, invested capital, efficiency in tillage, and smart marketing. Establishing new olive groves and planting larger quantities of olives requires significant start-up capital and a lot of effort. If it is created in Promina maquis, the only possible way is to rely on family as investors, and its members as main employees.OPG Ivan Perica (rural farm)
MISSION
Our mission is to return and revive this part of Croatia by investing in its reconstruction and development of rural areas and rural ecotourism in the village of Nečven, intending to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of Promina and the Krka National Park.
Life
style
Returning to our roots and family tradition of cultivating the land
Our
history and tradition
In the middle of the 20th century, Josip Perica (Jole) from the Nečven village and Marija Bagić (Marica) from the Bogatić village began a peasant life in Nečven. They were engaged in agriculture, mainly viticulture, applying the knowledge and technology that Grandpa Jole acquired while working in a winery in Oklaj.
The elders remember the first brandy cauldron in Jole’s family where the whole village gathered and made brandy. They also had help and support in business on the farm from their children Vesna, Ivan, and Paško, to whom they passed on their knowledge and experiences from an early age until they went to school in Zagreb.
In 1969, after the untimely death of our grandpa, grandma Marica was left alone on the farm. She always had help from her children in the vineyard, garden, and house. With frequent arrivals from Zagreb, they took every free moment to help her. At the same time, the grandma indelibly passed on her love for Promina, Krka, and Nečven to her grandchildren.
In 1990, the war and devastation of the entire Promina area began. Grandma died in 1992 in Zagreb, surrounded by her family. After the end of the war in 1995 and Operation Storm, Ivan returned to the desolate, ruined village and began rebuilding and maintaining the ruined home. Reconstruction of destroyed vineyards concerning life in Zagreb was impossible. The rest of the family thinned out their visits to Promina.
In 2006, returning to his roots and family tradition of cultivating the land, Ivan planted the first olive trees on the sites of former vineyards. Driven by love for the Promina area and a desire for the former traditional family reunions, with defiance that olive groves can thrive in this part of Promina, his nephews supported him with their families. In 2008 planting of new olive groves and economic development has started again.
The rural farm Ivan Perica
