Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga

History
Thanks to its production potentiality also in difficult and marginal environments, in Abruzzi and in the current area of Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park spelt is cultivated since ancient times for family consumption in small plots, particularly in the mountain areas where the ruins of old stone mills have been found in abandoned farmsteads. Traditionally, it is a crop with a very low energy supply for the reduced farming activity required and, for this feature, it can be included among the products suitable for organic farming.