How does the largest truffle farm in Argentina work, born from the dream of a group of entrepreneurs and consolidated thanks to the

In the small town of Espartillar, located in the Saavedra district in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a special aroma emanates from a 50-hectare farm, where some 20,000 oaks and holm oaks grow. This is Trufas del Nuevo Mundo, a venture that was born in 2011 and that today keeps a coveted secret: that of black truffle production. Inspired by the production methods of Chile, Spain, France and other European countries, five partners decided to bet on the large-scale production of this particular mushroom that grows on the roots of certain trees, which is highly valued by the international gastronomic market, and which is harvested in a rather peculiar way, through the use of sniffer dogs. “Initially this fraction of the field was not there. It was purchased prior to the project. What was sought were mainly climatic conditions: that we have an average annual precipitation of 600 to 700 millimeters per year, loam-type soils with an alkaline pH. Although we did not have ...