Who we are

Virgiliana Cooperativa Sociale Onlus was founded in 2010 to promote work inclusion, especially of the handicapped, in the municipality of Virgilio

In 2012 it participates, together with the municipality of Virgilio, 16 other municipalities in the Mantua district and other social cooperatives, to a public fund competition promoted by the Fondazione Comunitaria of Mantua.

In 2014, after winning the competition and thus receiving the funds from the Cariplo Foundation, the cooperative  starts the farming activities by purchasing equipment, signing contracts with both private and public entities in order to use the soil and by finding subjects, with help from the local authorities, to involve in the occupational inclusion paths.

Since January 2015, it started the planning of social vegetable gardens in the municipality of Borgo Virgilio.

 Activities

Virgiliana Cooperativa Onlus cultivates open air vegetables, organises recreational and social activities and takes care of parks and gardens. More specifically, within the “Terre di Virgilio” project, it manages social collective vegetable gardens, follows start-up businesses in the socio-agricultural sector, plans quality pathways and promotes work inclusion in both public and private green areas.