Cortijo La Reina

“La Reina”, an emblematic farm located on the left bank of the Vega del Guadalquivir, a few kilometers from Córdoba capital. Although the first agricultural activities in these lands date back to the 15th century, it was not until 1872 that it began to be known by the nickname of “Cortijo La Reina”.

This Cortijo became a small town of around 700 inhabitants, mostly farm workers with their families. It had houses, its own school, a grocery store, recreation areas, and even a beautiful chapel where weddings and baptisms were held.

If this emblematic farm in Córdoba has been recognized for something, it has been for the quality of its land, the constant innovation in agriculture and the generation of local employment. During the harvesting campaign, Cortijo La Reina generates more than 300 jobs for personnel from nearby towns, a fact that helps to establish the population in the nearby rural territory.

In the 1950s, the owner of ”Cortijo La Reina” placed his trust to direct the operation in Mr. José Cabrera Padilla. Agriculture owes much to this great Agronomist, since together with other contemporaries he led the necessary change towards modern agriculture that the historical moment required in the Cordovan countryside.

In terms of quality and food safety "Cortijo La Reina" has implemented various certifications in the pursuit of sustainable agriculture such as: Organic Production, Integrated Production, or Global Gap. Cortijo La Reina has been transformed little by little thanks to its conversion towards organic farming and crops with zero residues.

Precision agriculture (drones for soil mapping, GPS self-guided tractors, field sensors, etc.), efficient irrigation and new alternative crops (such as almond, pistachio, quinoa, or spelled) They are part of the new management model of Cortijo La Reina. This new model allows on the farm the coexistence of traditional crops under integrated production (wheat, potato or onion) and new organic crops (lentil, chickpea, olive grove, among others).

Cortijo la Reina evolves over time, adapting to new production systems. To do this, they are in constant conversion, seeking new solutions in collaboration with various collaborators such as the University of Córdoba, ASAJA, SAT Córdoba or the Andalusian Committee for Ecological Agriculture (CAAE).

From the Cortijo La Reina they are committed to alternative crops in coherence with their policy of support for local biodiversity. They seek to promote social crops with a strong perspective for the future.

For them the land does not belong to them, but rather, we are given a finite time to care for it and then hand it over to future generations. For this reason, at Cortijo La Reina they take care of the soil, the use of water, their workers, and the environment that surrounds them, always seeking a sustainable balance of the system.

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