Agricoltura Capodarco, a social cooperative located in the outskirts of Rome, employs people with disabilities and socially excluded people. 'Connecting people' is their main philosophy. The multifunctional cooperative runs two organic farms, two restaurants, produces wine and other products, has educational programmes and much more.

The agricultural cooperative was founded in 1978 and has a long history of bringing together and engaging people from different disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. It employs, for example, people with mental and physical disabilities, psychiatric patients, former addicts, former prisoners, people affected by depression, immigrants and asylum seekers. Salvatore Stingo, President of Agricoltura Capodarco, explains: “At the centre of the cooperative is the individual and his/her emancipation through work.” The cooperative combines social inclusion and professional integration through agriculture.