Lanza was among the first in Monferrato to introduce modern equipment as iron ploughs and seed drills, and also involved himself in the agricultural education of poor children, hoping to achieve at once “the betterment of our agriculture and the moral and intellectual betterment of our agricultural workers.”
Lanza termasuk yang pertama di Monferrato dalam memperkenalkan peralatan modern seperti bajak besi dan bor benih, dan juga melibatkan diri dalam pendidikan pertanian untuk anak-anak miskin, berharap untuk mencapai sekaligus "kemajuan pertanian dan moral dan kemajuan intelektual pekerja pertanian."