A
NARRATIVE VALUE
Certainty
●●○ medium
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (A). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
As of: 2026-Q4Status: ActiveCeiling reason: No confirmed −
History2026-Q4AHistory grows each quarter
La Fageda: A dairy farm bought so that people with mental illness could work. The letter is A; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q4; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
In 1982 the psychiatrist Cristóbal Colón watched patients at a psychiatric hospital in Girona province spend their days doing nothing. Occupational therapy, he thought, was only a rehearsal of work; what people actually needed was meaningful labor and a wage to match. He left the hospital with fifteen patients and started a farm.
He chose dairy and yoghurt — a real market where a sloppy product does not sell. Inside the Garrotxa volcanic nature park he built the sheds and the plant, turning milk into yoghurt, desserts, ice cream and jam. There are now around 500 employees, roughly 70% of them people with intellectual disabilities or severe mental illness, and annual output of about 100 million pots. In Catalonia it stands alongside the big brands, and it is described as a company where unemployment among people with intellectual disability and severe mental illness is zero. The order of things is the point: the food company was built in order that people with disabilities could work.
One person’s story (N1)
+ A single story
The psychiatrist Cristóbal Colón watched inpatients spend their days doing nothing and concluded that what they needed was not occupational therapy but real work and a real wage. In 1982 he left the hospital with fifteen patients and started a farm. There are now around 500 employees, roughly 70% of them people with intellectual disabilities or severe mental illness, producing some 100 million pots of yoghurt a year. It is described as a company where unemployment among people with intellectual disability and severe mental illness is zero. Nature of sources: independent (Spanish national media and academic case study).
Source nature: idealista / Emprendedores / T2 industry media. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
Positive / negative effects
+ effects
- The positive side of this assessment rests on the single story (N1) above and its source. A per-item ledger of positive effects has not yet been compiled for this organization.T2 industry media
Watching (unconfirmed; not counted in the assessment)- Scale limited to one region
- the relationship with subsidies and public support
Looking ahead (not included in the assessment)- Widening the people it employs to include young people out of education and migrants.
A second look
There is a limit to the employment one company can absorb, and it is no substitute for a region's welfare system. The question is whether a private employer creating these jobs conceals the shortfall in public employment support.
Sources
+N1idealista / Emprendedores｜La Fageda, la empresa de yogures de un psiquiatra para enfermos mentales｜2022｜🔗
How to read this assessment
A Independently verified +, with no confirmed −
B Leans +, with independent backing
C Mixed. A confirmed − sets the ceiling, or much is unverified
D A serious confirmed − sets the ceiling
E A serious − reaches the core of the organization
F Serious and systemic, with little redeeming +
G Only extreme cases
Out of scope An entity whose core purpose is illegal
On hold Independent evidence is scarce on both + and −
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
This is a translation; the Japanese version is authoritative. The assessments here are generated automatically by AI based on published criteria. The operator does not alter individual results. Because they are AI-generated they may contain errors, and they are opinion and commentary, not statements of fact. Where evidence is insufficient, the entry is marked “On hold.” Requests for correction are accepted via the form.
Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the narrative an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q4 | Back to top