While the Very Slow Outdoor Tours event is rapidly approaching, which will liven up the slow city of Castel San Pietro Terme on 19, 20 and 21 April with food, excursions, fairs and exhibitions, conferences, music, you can already book your place for the special event that puts extra virgin olive oil at the center of attention, organized in collaboration with the National Association of Oil Cities, of which Castel San Pietro Terme has been part since 2020.
The event not to be missed is the conference “Oil and health: a journey to discover the territories”which will start at the Cassero Municipal Theater on Saturday 20th at 11am, on the same morning as the Very Slow Fair opens in the historic center with the gastronomic and artisanal excellences of the Italian Slow Cities and the Oil Cities, the Borgo dei Sapori with local products and typical Italian agri-food products, the Piazzetta Esperienziale del Gusto with the initiatives and tastings proposed by the National Honey Observatory and local producers, and the gastronomic stand of local specialties organized by the Pro Loco tourist association of Castel San Pietro Terme, which will also present a selection of wines from local wineries in collaboration with AIES – International Association of Food and Wine Sommeliers.
After the official inauguration of Very Slow, which will be held at 10 am in Piazza XX Settembre with the cutting of the ribbon and the music of the Città di Castel San Pietro Terme Band, we will therefore move to the Cassero to participate in the conference “Oil and health: a journey to discover the territories”, which will be followed by EVO oil tastings organized by Palazzo di Varignana, in collaboration with the Bartolomeo Scappi Institute. The conference aims to illustrate the properties and benefits of EVO oil for health and presents a series of interesting interventions and illustrations of local experiences in the oil tourism sector, also in terms of professional training.
Participation is open to all free of charge, subject to availability. Confirmation of participation by April 17th is recommended to the Municipality’s Tourism Service on tel. 051 6954112-159-150 – [email protected]
«I like to think of Castel San Pietro Terme as a small Food and Wellness Valley. For us, the olive tree is a valuable crop, olive growing and oil production are an economic system that not only brings wealth from an economic point of view, but has great cultural, tourist and landscape value – comments the mayor Fausto Tinti –. In our territory there are farms with an impressive oil production which has also received important prizes and recognitions and with a potential that will develop further in the coming years, and also many other farmers of different sizes who have chosen olive growing and produce oil of excellent quality for sale or for own consumption. Membership in the national association Città dell’Olio is one of the tools we have chosen to achieve one of the objectives of the mandate program of this municipal administration, which envisaged precisely identifying useful actions for the economic valorisation of the agricultural territory, even under the tourist, environmental, cultural and food and wine profile. It was a choice consistent with our identity as a Slow City, which promotes the valorization of the territory, its products and excellence and a lifestyle based on well-being and sustainability.”
The meeting at the Cassero will open at 11 am with greetings from Fausto Tintimayor of the municipality of Castel San Pietro Terme e Claudio Franceschidelegated councilor for Agriculture of the New Imola District, which will be followed by speeches by: Tullia Gallina Toschifull professor of the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies of the University of Bologna, “The rules, the pleasure of EVO oil, together with the value of the DOP and IGP certifications”; Natalia Rossosenior scientist of the Italian Liver Foundation, “EVO oil and its benefits for the liver”; Francesco Domenico Rivellipresident of LILT – Italian League against Tumors Bologna Section, “Prevention beats cancer”; Antonio Caponeprofessional taster of the National List of technicians and experts in virgin and extra virgin olive oils and teacher of the Evoo School Foundation, “How to become professionals in the field of extra virgin olive oil”; Eleonora Berardihead of Food Division Palazzo di Varignana, “The oil-centric experiences of Palazzo di Varignana”. In conclusion Orio Mocellinmember of the Council of the Città dell’Olio Association, will talk about “The Oil Communities: purpose of the Città dell’Olio brand”. The journalist Donatella Barbetta hosts.
L’National Association of Oil Cities, which is based in the municipality of Monteriggioni (Siena), was founded in 1994 and therefore turns 30 this year. It brings together the Municipalities, the Provinces, the Chambers of Commerce, the LAGs (Local Action Groups) – in accordance with European legislation – and the Parks, located in territories in which oils are produced which document an adequate olive-growing tradition connected to environmental values, historical, cultural and/or falling within a Designation of Origin. Specifically, one of the main tasks of the Association is to disseminate the culture of the olive tree and quality olive oil; protect and promote the environment and the olive-growing landscape; spread the history of olive growing; guarantee the consumer through the valorisation of designations of origin, the organization of events, the implementation of communication and marketing strategies aimed at raising awareness of the great Italian olive heritage. Further info: https://www.cittadellolio.it/
The demonstration Very Slow is financed by the PTPL 2024 – Local Promotion Tourism Program – Bologna Modena Tourist Territory, thanks to the Outdoor Tour project, of which Castel San Pietro Terme is the lead municipality.
Complete program and updates on the website www.comune.castelsanpietroterme.bo.it and on the Municipality’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/cspietro/
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