ALTERA VITA aims at agricultural production through the cooperative orientation of aromatic and medicinal plants of our country, the packaging, the processing of local and traditional products and dishes, self-produced products with the promotion of cottage industry, enables young or old farmers to discover an added value in their income, which, with the know-how and the exploitation of privately owned fields of members of ALTERA VITA, will act as a catalyst but also as a parallel action of Social Cooperative of CYCLADES, aiming at well been and sustainable development.
The exploitation of privately owned agricultural land of members of the Cooperative has already begun, and the planting of aromatic plants such as sage, thyme, safflower, rosemary, oregano, for the production, processing and promotion of local products of Syros.