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These are then available to us this year. You can find us at various fairs and gatherings this spring:

7 d'abril – Fair seed Roda de Ter

13 d'abril – Eixarcolant. Gastronomic plants forgotten. Even

14 d'abril – Garden Fair. Castellserà

4 i 5 May. Gar Gar Festival. Penelles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On Sunday 2 October we did a tasting tomatoes in the participatory Feel Zion, in the festival of San Miguel.

We brought them:

• Rose Albesa: tomato rose from medium-large Albesa.
• Clofolluda Besse: tomata semibuida, similar to Montserrat, Josep Vilanova from the Almasselles. Formerly original Area Ports.
• Pink Rañin: tomata kilogram of rose, prospectada Balaguer but from this village near Barbastro
• De pit: Bull thymus tomato chorus, from Cervera
• Pereta Ager: tomata in pear-shaped, empty, kills half lower, from very old and Ager.

The event took part seventy people and they fill these twenty comparative sheet. We give you the results below. Note that the sample is small and not everyone punctuated all varieties. So, the error can be great and should be seen as indicative. We also publish some pictures of Xavi.

 

	sweetness	acidity	Texture	Final note
Rose Albesa	7,35	3,89	7,10	8,89
Clofolluda Besse	7,43	3,70	7,00	8,86
Pink Rañin	7,00	4,60	6,86	8,15
De pit	4,33	3,89	6,30	7,43
Pereta Ager	4,50	3,90	6,30	7,33

 

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Friends and lovers goat Catalan:

We are pleased to be able to begin to offer some praoductes, fruit of our flock: Meat and milk from pasture captivation Montsec, turned into tasty, healthy meals, leaving rediscover tastes, ancient aromas and textures, almost forgotten, Crushed by agriculture and livestock extensive and intensely aggressive and foolish.

The circulation of these products will help to make this viable for himself and herd recovery, from now on, the reimplantation of the race to its original territory.
On the rebound, also contribute to endure ill-fated craft goat, a way of life linked to forest, land and livestock.
The current economic and societal current push towards the elimination of these forms of life dependent on the land that the state assembly and current business.
We are water molecules they want to resist the large downstream already know which door.

Eating these products are supporting the recovery of the breed!

goats up, and pulling the right!

We publish the offer of available plants in our nursery this winter. Find apple, pereres, pressiguers, plum, cherry, old olive trees and vines.

The collection is the fruit from 8 January and must call in advance or send an email to order.

You can download the list in PDF at bottom of page.

The money generated from the sale are used to maintain the collections·Collections of local varieties of cultures MEETINGS.

 

SPECIES	CHARACTERISTICS	LITTLE	SHAPE	Disponia-bility	PRICE *
Pomer
San Juan	End of June. sweet.	M7	bare root	± 50	7
santa Magdalena	Early July. sweet. Consumption of season.	M7	bare root	<10	7
dinner	late September. yellow. Consumption season. Horta de Balaguer. appreciated.	M7	bare root	25-50	7
Comiols	Late September. yellow. Sweet and aromatic. good conservation.	M7	bare root	± 50	7
Lady	October. Green and pink. Small and sweet. Consumption of season.	M7	bare root	25-50	7
Cirio Del Roig	October. Red lengthened. Sweet and aromatic. Condition average.	M7	bare root	± 50	7
Yellow candle	October. Yellow and elongated. Sweet and aromatic. Condition average.	M7	bare root	<10	7
Estalafel	October. day. Semi-acid. good conservation.	M7	bare root	25-50	7
Norman	November. Red to Bandes. sweet. Taste and texture feature. Very good conservation.	M7	bare root	< 25	7
PERERA
Seremenya	End of June. Diminuta. Tasty. Eat whole.	BA29	bare root	± 50	7
Castell	End of June. yellow. small. Sweet and tasty.	BA29	bare root	± 50	7
Tendral	July. yellow, Small and tasty.	BA29	bare root	25-50	7
cinnamon	July. Sweet and juicy. spicy taste.	BA29	bare root	25-50	7
Bad face / bergamot	October. Boteruda. Sweet and juicy. good conservation (verosa harvested mature home)	BA29	bare root	25-50	7
Winter Flower	October. Sweet and crunchy. Very good conservation (verosa harvested mature home)	BA29	bare root	± 50	7
PLUM TREE
Claudia	August. Green. round. very sweet.	Mirabolà	bare root	<10	7
PRESSIGUER
From Alberola Pavia	Meat and skin white.	GxN	bare root	<10	7
Manolito	August. yellow flesh. Much appreciated in the years 80.	GxN	bare root	25-50	7
God	20 September. Yellow flesh and strong.	GxN	bare root	<10	7
Tarongí	20 September. Orange flesh with red dots. Medium size. dangling branches.	GxN	bare root	<10	7
Poulterer	Early October. Yellow with red cheek. pretty red. Not too big. Very good	GxN	bare root	25-50	7
Pinyana	middle October. Yellow flesh and strong.	GxN	bare root	<10	7
CHERRY
early	End of May. Small-sized. Carn tova.	Franc	bare root	<10	7
cherry garrofal	Mid-June. Medium-large. firm flesh. Very sweet with sour point.	Franc	bare root	< 25	7
cherry Brown	late. large size. Stop. good cherry	Franc	bare root	<10	7
VINEYARD
It Garró	Black vinification	110R	bare root	± 50	3,5
Monastrell	Black vinification	110R	bare root	25-50	3,5
Found	Black vinification	110R	bare root	± 50	3,5
OLIVER
Manzanilla	Oil and fat round. It is used as a table olive, above all. Castellón Farfanya.	–	Test 2,5l.	<20	6
Flower Málaga (the Datil)	Oliva is very large and jujube. It is used as a table olive, above all. Castellón Farfanya.	–	Test 2,5l.	<20	6
White Ametlla	Oliva large, rounded. They make very good quality oil, very aromatic. Almond Montsec.	–	Test 2,5l.	<25	6
Morcaire	Oliva large oval. Oil is made of good quality and good performance. Os de Balaguer.	–	Test 2,5l.	<15	6
Rogeta	Oliva large extended. Oil is made of good quality and good performance. Corçà (Valld'Àger)	–	Test 2,5l.	<20	6
Valencia	Oliva large round. They used to make oil and table olives. Coming from Mig Segre.	–	Test 2,5l.	<25	6

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the collar·Collections of Cultures Found vine varieties are increasingly mature. Today, This brings us to seventy different varieties and soon we will provide plant material and plants to grow.

It is a work of patience with which we choose the best plants, discern those with viruses, graft and transplant for several campaigns.

in the meantime, we continue testing wine with the help of Olivera Cooperativa.

Now we turn to the offer made available at 60 € to 11 € the box or bottle.

Wines are always fresh, by the late spring and early summer.

I think that every purchase you make is a little fuel for our project.

Find them HERE:

Vines Black Found 2011

http://www.olivera.org/botiga/ca/vinyes-trobades/70-caixa-vinyes-trobades-2011-negre.html

Vineyards Blanc Meetings 2011

http://www.olivera.org/botiga/ca/vinyes-trobades/69-caixa-vinyes-trobades-2011-blanc.html

Strains second year in co·collection. variety Picapoll (Montsec). 14-05-2014

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This weekend 8 i 9 March. we will be in Lleida Nature Fair last fruit that remain of the season and with new seeds.

We hope you reconnect!

 

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Seed catalog 2014

Good lovers seeds forever and ever:

Attached publish the catalog of seeds that we have for this season:

The points can be found in four counties west:

• Local Aman, C/Barcelona, 72 Balaguer
• Montalegre, Avda. Catalonia, 2 Mollerussa
• Shop Saó, C / Ebro River, 7 Lleida (Cappont)
• PuntEco, starting Sot de Fontanet, 7 Lleida

Health and abundant orchards!

CATALOG 2014

 

 

 

 

exhibition: Catalan goat, a culture that walks
Thursday 30 in January goat Catalan low transhumance to Lleida. Inaugurate an exhibition of images about race in Cafe Theater slaughterhouse in Lleida. You see them for about a month.

Publish the list of fruit ready to be strewn winter.

If you want to plant some, You can contact us to come pick them.

Delivered in bare root and without reservation.

good winter,

LIST OF FRUITERS VARIETY AVAILABLE MEETINGS. WINTER 2013-14
VARIETY	LITTLE	TOTAL	CHARACTERISTICS
He Poma. Magdalena	EM7	39	August. sweet. Consumption season.
apple Camosa	EM7	2	September. Yellow red cheek.
apple Estalafel	EM7	29	September. day. Semi-acid. good conservation.
Apple of Ciri	EM7	32	September. Yellow and elongated. Sweet and aromatic. Condition average.
apple Comiols	EM7	3	September. yellow. Sweet and aromatic. good conservation.
Poma year	EM7	1	September. sour. Poma cider.
Norman Poma	EM7	34	October. Red to Bandes. sweet. Taste and texture feature. Very good conservation.
Pera Seremenya	BA29	22	June. Diminuta. Tasty. Eat whole.
Pera Castle	BA29	2	July. yellow. small. Sweet and tasty.
Pera tendral	BA29	6	July. yellow. small. sweet. Taste pear before.
Cinnamon pear	BA29	1	July. Sweet and juicy. spicy taste.
Good Louise Pera	BA29	16	August. Green with red cheek. sweet acidified.
Pera Mala Cara / bergamot	BA29	19	September-October. Boteruda.Dolça juicy. good conservation.
Pera of Rome	BA29	1	September-October. good conservation.
Pear Oak Leaf	BA29	2	September-October. yellow. good conservation.
Pear Blossom winter	BA29	9	October. Sweet and crunchy. Very good conservation.
Pear For Roure	BA29	1
Pruna Claudia	Mirabolà	1	August. Green. round. very sweet.
Pressica God	GxN	9	20 September. Yellow flesh and strong.
Prèssic Tarongí	GxN	1	20 September. Orange flesh with red dots. Medium size. dangling branches.
Prèssic Farré	GxN	2	Late September-early October. Yellow flesh and strong.
Prèssic Pinyana	GxN	3	middle October. Yellow flesh and strong.
Plácido Prèssic	GxN	4	middle October. yellow flesh, red cheek.
Price / good aid: 7€ / unit
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Day III Cabra Catalana

 

this week, we visited the conservatory of vine varieties INRA Domaine de Vassal to learn about the management and conservation of cabbage·collections. It is the most comprehensive conservation center in the world vine, over 2500 Vitis Vinifera varieties and hundreds of hybrid varieties and rootstocks.

The team of the center showed us the scrupulous work of mechanics perfected since its inception in the late nineteenth century. It was especially interesting to see the logic with which plants and organize file system and monitoring of all information. They could also take note of the different techniques used by vegetative propagation.

The center of distilled Vassal·the rigor and professionalism combined with a sharp public vocation and networking with any related experience. They can learn a lot.

Thanks, Jean Michel, Thierry, bladder, Sandrine i Daniel.

After the last cold, Everything was ready for the summer garden. Here, used to be planted in late April and early May to avoid late frost and climbed the temperature increase. Following this tradition, We offer some of the youth to maintain and disclose CULTURES FOUND.

this campaign, You can find it at various fairs and, more permanent, a Pàmies Horticultural, thanks to the support·Partnership established with the Peace and Iolanda that offer some of our varieties along with other original Pyrenees and some commercial.

Next, Please find the meeting point.

Conditions will accompany!

good garden!

Pàmies Horticultural – Balaguer

From Monday to Saturday morning, 10h-14h.

http://www.pamieshorticoles.com/

 

Earth Fair - Barcelona

20 i 21 d'abril (In the farm market - at the beginning of the Paseo Lluís Companys)

www.diadelaterra.org

 

Q Fair - Balaguer

27 i 28 shelter

Fair Pavilion of Impacsa

http://www.balaguer.cat/portal/100/

 

Gardens of Rufea (Lleida)

27 d'abril, 10h-14h.

http://sostenibilitat.paeria.cat/horta/horts-familiars-de-rufea

 

San Isidro Fair and fair Pa - Cervera

18 i 19 May

www.cerverapaeria.cat

 

For any other questions:

CULTURES FOUND

trobades.slowlleida@gmail.com

Hello lovers of the seeds forever and ever:

Deputy publish the catalog of seeds that we have for this season that began with the outbreak spring.

Seed catalogs 2013

Some varieties, although stating in the catalog, and that we have little amounts may run out at some point.

Can be found in the 4 points of the western districts:

• Local Aman, C/ Barcelona, 72 Balaguer.
• Montalegre, C / Avda. Catalonia, 2 Mollerussa.
• Shop Saó, C / Ebro River, 7 Lleida (Cappont).
• PuntEco, starting Sot de Fontanet, 7 Lleida.

We can not commit to sending them by mail.

This spring we be fair on Earth 20 i 21 April Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona.

Health and abundant orchards!

Gerard Battle / Artur Bòria

CULTURES FOUND

www.culturestrobades.cat

Seed catalogs 2013

day 8, 9 i 10 March celebrates the fifteenth NATURE FAIR, the meeting on the environment and quality of life organized entity IPCENA in Lleida.
XV Fira NATURE
CULTURES FOUND organic farmers market participant that are held throughout the day Saturday 9. It will carry some old fruit trees and olive trees in our nursery, then for the summer garden wine and oil. Come see us!

 

Yesterday we started last spring grafted vines intended for our co·Stock safeguard. When you have developed, We nurture plant material to graft new plants and spread them again in this part.
 

 

 

The image corresponds to the plot·the conservation of ancient wheats in which we are trying 6 varieties this year. We did sow by hand, moment, the result is good. Among the varieties, Wheat is the White Segarra, formerly well known among confectioners.

The aim is to continue studying the flours that go and gradually increase the quantities of seed so they can be returned to arable. Bit by bit.

We want to invite the privilege of tasting some tests we made with bread flour wheat some of which are recovering. In this way we can help assess what qualities and interests may have regarding their baking skills, its rich aromas and tastes, so, his vocation to be cultivated again in our region.

DAY: Friday 18 January at 20:00 hours

PLACE: C/ Barcelona, 72 low – Balaguer

We ask you to confirm attendance or trobades.slowlleida@gmail.com 638898858

 

 

Here is the list of fruit former Speaker, from cabbage·Stock CULTURES FOUND we multiplied this year and we. These bare root plants in that distribute between January and February. Quantities are limited in value and 7 €. You can pick them up in advance by contacting us at the following numbers: 625658265 // 638898858.

SPECIES	VARIETY	LITTLE	QUANTITY	CHARACTERISTICS
Pomer	Saint John	M111	16	early
	santa Magdalena	M111	14	August. sweet. consumption season.
	green Maid	M111	13	September. yellow. Crunchy. sweet. good conservation.
	Comiols	M111	13	September. yellow. Sweet and aromatic. good conservation.
	Red candle	M111	1	September. day. sweet.
	Norman	M111	14	October. Red to Bandes. sweet. Taste and texture feature. Very good conservation.
PERERA	Castell	BA29	5	July. yellow. small. Sweet and tasty.
	cinnamon	BA29	11	July. Sweet and juicy. spicy taste.
	Tendral	BA29	11	July. yellow. small. sweet. Taste pear before.
	Magallona	BA29	1	July. Yellow and red. Sweet and crunchy.
	good Louise	BA29	2
	Argamota / Bad face	BA29	13	October. Boteruda.Dolça juicy. good conservation.
	Batall Bell	BA29	5	October. Fat elongated. Condition average.
	Winter Flower	BA29	3	October. thick, rounded bumps. to save. Delicious baked.
	Oak leave	BA29	5	October. Condition average. sweet
CHERRY	Garrafal of Lleida	Franc	8	June. Medium-large. Very sweet with a sour point. firm flesh.
	black	Franc	7	half June. Medium size. meat safe. dark. very sweet
	brown	Franc	4	late. Big and firm flesh.
	early	Franc	9	End of May. Small-sized. Carn tova.
PRESSIGUER	Poulterer	GF677	12	Early October. Yellow with red cheek. pretty red. Not too big. A lot will
	Plácido	GF677	9	middle October. Yellow with red cheek. Fort. Very big.
	God	GF677	9	half September. Yellow with red cheek. Fort. Large.
PLUM TREE	Mirabolà Prat	Mirabolà	3	June. day. round. Sweet and juicy.
	Claudia	Mirabolà	4	August. Green. round. very sweet
	Dry Lleida	Mirabolà	4	Agost.Verda-purple. Sweet and fleshy. Good for drying

Sunday 21 October, READING supplement Segre newspaper published a report 8 Found on pages Cultures, highlighting the varieties listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste.

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Olives meetings has enabled us to rediscover more 30 old varieties of olive Montsec. Today, keep the study and reintroducing them to go. As associative project, finance part of the research issues through mono-varietal oils. If you want more·work and enjoy a spectacular oil, ask for Sarris 2011. More information…

 

This is the poster for the III Fair of Catalan Barns:

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It's time to harvest wheat and knead former party cereals.

Pa, coca, Beer, songs and dances to celebrate the work of last year.

So volunteers, col·Contributors, friendly organizations and the general public…inviting you!

 

vineyards Meetings: the deep roots of the vine Speaker

Opening conference of the 'V Fair Food and Health’

Saturday 2 June 2012

11:00 H. // Room 1

Fair Pavilion Impacsa - Balaguer

http://firaslow.wordpress.com/edicio-2012/visitant/

 

We invite you to the presentation of the results of research on traditional varieties of vines that have developed over the last four years within the project Cultures Found, promoted by Slow Food Terres de Lleida.

Throughout this time, We lined the vineyards old Noguera, part of Urgell and Pallars Jussà to know the grapes themselves and keep them.

Thanks to dialogues with farmers and veterans of various advisory councils, We have seventy different varieties, between the table and wine.

Much of these varieties are currently unknown although they had in implementing our region. Some of them are unique and unpublished, without having documented in any other survey. Others are shared with other areas, but research has helped document their historical presence. all, together, are an essential part of our culture and identify us as a territory.

Aware that the maintenance of these varieties and exploring its possibilities requires maximum participation possible, We would like to share with you the information we have collected so far. With this objective, you are invited to the event.

To confirm attendance: trobades.slowlleida@gmail.com // 625658265

CATALAN GOAT, AN ancient race

Santiago Alvarez Bartolomé

 

Left handed: goats Catalan Pallars Jussà year 2004 (Author: Santiago Alvarez Bartolomé)

right: Goats Catalan Alta Ribagorça year 1942. Lleida Studies Institute (Author: Claudio Gomez- Degree)

The Catalan goat breed is ancient and widely documented, last century, has seen its population decrease to be considered extinct. The area distribution center, located in the regions of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees and the Franja, has been reduced to be one small town in the area of ​​Montsec. It is a race made up of robust animals, sizable and white layer, historically selected for handling extensive mountain led to the production of goat meat and Crest. The last known Catalan goat herd was found in 2005 Toulon and San Salvador, currently, leads an initiative for the conservation and re-introduction of the race within the project of Slow Food CULTURES FOUND Lleida.

Maneig traditional Catalan goat

The goat was a very important species for rural economies of large areas of territory, where abundant cattle, because it could get meat and milk, much needed food in Mediterranean climate regions. The milk at the same time could also be transformed into cheese to be consumed in times of shortage. Goat and sheep milk, alone or mixed, are those who have contributed so generously to the tradition of cheese Catalonia. Using different systems of coagulation and maturation have been achieved many kinds of cheese, unfortunately also disappear and you have to work to get them.

Since ancient times, the Pyrenees, Xisqueta migrating flocks of sheep that raised and lowered the Plan of Lleida castrated goats were guided by great, receiving the name "Creston” and which is supplied with an abundance of spectacular variegated bells magic symbols that should help fulfill its role as a guide. In many nomadic sheep not goats were also used to facilitate the breeding of those lambs that had been orphaned or who came from parts doubles where the mother was not able to carry them out. These goats were also important because kids produced and during some seasons of the year their surplus milk were exploited by the shepherds for their own consumption and in some cases to produce cheese.

In the Montsec have always been built exclusively for goat herds that received the name “cabrades”. This handling system still exists in some localities, generally away from the influence of other economic activities. In these territories, sheep and other livestock species have not been able to take advantage of as efficiently pasture with the goats do. During the last century, Montsec livestock have been increasingly specializing in the production of goat meat in less than two months, although until the middle of last century fattening system was different and specialized in the production of Creston more than nine months, they were in areas close to their best Barcelona market.

LCatalan goat in the twentieth century

The first citation on the Catalan race corresponds to Rosell and Villa (1) et al. (1929), who described and located in the Catalan region of Pyrenees. Peter Martyr Rosell Vila (1882-1933) was a remarkable veterinarian inspectorate livestock hygiene, Professor of the School of Agriculture of Caldes de Malavella and Director of Livestock Services of the Commonwealth of Catalonia. He carried a prolific scientific career and we owe him an intense work of popularization and promotion of indigenous breeds of Catalonia. During his career he described and photographed many livestock breeds we know today, including goat Catalan.

Jordana Vidal (2) et al. Identifies the Catalan race in medieval paintings of the fourteenth century, specifically in a table originally from the town of Tora (Segarra), in which appreciates the most characteristic features of the goat Catalan: horns arranged in an arc, parallel·parallel and directed back.

Enric Canut (3) located during the early years 80 a large population of native goats in the area of ​​Catalan pre-Pyrenees of Lleida. This author says, little time before you could count to Ager Valley (Noguera) Until 15.000 specimens of native white goats but then its census had been reduced considerably and there were only a few scattered flocks.

Meat (4) et al. (2005), states that the Catalan goat breed became extinct in the mid-twentieth century, but does not specify in what regions.

In 2004, Some nomadic shepherds in the Pyrenees, established around Mollerussa, I still remember some localities of Noguera and Pallars Jussà where Catalan goat had survived until very recent times.

Here's how we met some retired farmers who remembers the goat “country” or "of cabrada" and the Montsec confined to the area and traditional transhumance sheep xisqueta.

Finally, a year later these same farmers led us to the town of San Salvador de Toulon, they still retained a small core unit, owned by a single farmer. After a first approach to know their status, he saw that it was goat that had not been crossed or not imported from other regions. It was a local population very well preserved but reduced in size, integrated within 50 exemplars. This population has decreased significantly although there have been isolated examples in other herds coming. In 2011 and root echo that had the reclamation project of this new breed herds have been localized with individuals belonging to this ancient race. Unfortunately, the age of the last farmers, predicts an uncertain future for these goats. It also seems possible that there are copies feral.

ATArea distribution of race Catalan

The extension of the Catalan race was wide in the past. The information provided by farmers, the bibliography and a considerable number of photographic material has allowed us to place the race in western regions of Catalonia and a small part of central Catalonia.

Rosell Vila (1928) confined to the regions of the Catalan Pyrenees. However, Today we know that not all regions have been occupied by the Pyrenees breed. Some French authors (5) located in the Eastern Pyrenees another indigenous population called differently race Roussillon. Jordana Vidal et al. (2006) Catalan race placed in an area that includes the town of Tora (Segarra) and the Aran Valley.

The documentary of the photographic archive of the Institute of Lleida Studies (IEI), guards some pictures where sheep are bred goats xisqueta next race Catalan, transhumance in the summer of 1942, between the Aran Valley and the plain of Lleida. An extensive geographical area comprising the regions of Aran Valley, culd, Alta Ribagorça, Lower Ribagorça and Camilla.

more recently, Canut (1980) locates during the decade of 80 Valley Ager, More specifically located in an area straddling the regions of Noguera and Pallars Jussà.

In La Pobla de Lillet (6) (Berguedà), there were also cattle breeding Catalan, but it seems that in this region there were other racial groups native and long black hair.

Outside the area of ​​the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, found references to race older Catalan to other locations, specifically Capellades (Anoia), where during the first decade of 1910 some cattle fairs were held at county, promoted by the Barcelona Provincial Council and the City of Capellades, where the race was present. A Mediona (Alt Penedès), there were also cattle breeding Catalan, about early on 1940, although it influenced by race Murcia.

During the prospecting and research we have seen that this ancient native goat population has been little studied, probably because traditionally has received different denominations (7) and none of them matches the name of academic "goat Catalan", which is given at the beginning of twentieth century literature zootechnical.

Ethe Montsec, the last redoubt of the Catalan goat

As we have indicated, the Montsec, have been the last country where the race has been preserved. It is a limestone mountain range 40 kilometers long which spans the province of Lleida and Huesca. Perfectly oriented east to west, is sectioned by two impressive gorges, dividing the range in its three traditional sections: Montsec Montsec d'Ares and Rubies (in Catalonia) and Montsec d'Estall (Ribagorça the Franja).

Today, Catalan race confined its former distribution area of ​​the Montsec Rubies, even though less than 15 years also extended to the whole of this range and even the Tremp Basin, penetrating into the mountains Boumort.

It is appropriate to indicate that the Montsec Estall, this race was abundant, because even academically came to receive the designation of breed Benavarri.

Característiques morphological

To describe the race we match the descriptions in the literature existing zootechnical, one of the early twentieth century, also the little old images that accompanied these descriptions and especially the recent information provided by farmers Pyrenees. Long conversations with these goatherds mostly already retired, but retain cattle tradition they received from their ancestors.

The Catalan goat consists of large animals, straight facial profile, proportions of long and marked beefing, white color uniform while platjades layers described in black and red. It is very colorful and animals of great vivacity. Traditionally livestock houses took advantage of the surplus milk produced these goats once the kids despopats. Until a few decades ago were still milked families.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION morphological breed goats CATALAN

Cap i coll: Profile straight or slightly subcòncau, no strong face and wide nose thick. Mucous membranes are pink, with a slightly darker spotted. The neck is long and strong, earrings are often copies with the neck but not always. Males beard, Some females also.

horns: are sized, arched and directed from front to back, types “diseased”. The horns are born the same·parallel and arched, known locally “horns copada”, but as the animal gets older their ends tend to separate and rotate slightly. Infrequently are females that have the type of horns “prisca” and that farmers call “horns Creston”.It is unusual for females appear Motxo.

Males have a more developed horn directed outwards, in that sex is frequent occurrence of specimens with horns reminiscent of the goat Roussillon.

Trunk: mediolini, well developed, lumbar straight line, chest deep, costellam ampli, the tail is short and horizontal trend.

Limbs: short and strong, sized hooves and clear color.

Ears: are medium, provision of horizontal or slightly falling. In males tend to hang vertically.

Pell: thin and without folds.

Mames: collected and globose and medium-sized nipples and taper.

Testicles: provided, symmetrical and well developed.

Cover: The coloration of this race is white uniform. There are specimens stained black or brown color they acquire a continuous extension that almost never appears forming lunar. With very low frequency units are gray.

Farmers recognize a third chromatic variety callers “sabinarda”, in such cases the coloring appears in shades of gray on a white background distal or cinnamon.

hair: average length. Shorter than the Pyrenean breed but longer than the goat Roussillon. In males have the fourth striker and neck for a little longer. Some authors have suggested that race Catalan, Vall d'Aran, had long hair. This was probably due to the importation of foreign breeds, Rosell says so and Villa (8) (1919) to note that in this region, the breed was already mixed with various French races in the early twentieth century.

Race white Celtiberian Catalan and presented numerous morphological differences (9), as they have historically occupied territories have been exploited and different forms under different management. From a color perspective, both races have a characteristic white color. However, whites Celtiberian has a very characteristic horns that unlike other Iberian breeds and is characterized by the horns fluted, triangular section, raised and rotating on themselves as if it were a screw.

(1) Rosell and Vila, P.M. et al. Agriculture Dictionary, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary. editorial Salvat. 1928

(2) Jordana Vidal et al. As Catalan and Pen. Editorial Lynx. 2006

(3) Canut, Henry et al. The cheeses in Catalonia. editorial Altafulla. 1980

(4) Carne et al. The white goat Rasquera: Morphological characterization and faneroptic. Zootecnia vol files. 56, No.. 215, p. 330. 2005

(5) Dad, Daniel. French sheep and goat breeds. Editions France Agricole. 2000. P. 250

(6) Information from Sitges and Ernest Fields, one of the last nomadic farmers in the Catalan Pyrenees that has gathered a significant collection·Collection of old photographs and numerous ethnographic objects of interest for more than 30 years of livestock.

(7) During the surveys conducted we have seen that this race, in central Catalonia receives the name "Goat Pallaresa", in the region of Ribagorza call "Goat Montsec" and finally Montsec call "goat Cabrada".

(8) Rosell and Vila, P.M. Importance of Livestock in Catalonia and zootechnical study of some of its regions. Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona. 1919.

(9) Alvarez Bartolomé, Santiago. Catalan goat breed. Feagas núm.36 magazine. 2010

 

Oliver SARRUT, Chili Tiurana, Trumfera tomatoes and onion Albesa and Rose Coll de Nargó enter the kitchens of restaurants Km0

Spring Saturday morning at the entrance of a market that has 800 years. Today we found very early in the Plaza del Mercadal de Balaguer to launch the publicity campaign of the first five varieties grown in Walnut who have joined the catalog of varieties and breeds endangered of Slow Food International.

CULTURES FOUND has published a set of postcards information these varieties and others present in the region destacablement. The postcards contain the image data and the main cultural, agronomic, historical and organoleptic characteristics of the variety or race. Aimed mainly farmers, restaurants and consumers.

Today was beginning to spread them and we have helped the three restaurants of the region recently described the distinctive Km0 awarded by Slow Food. A project proposal, responsible for cooking establishments have offered some snack based on traditional varieties:

· Merced Merced Roads House Restaurant (Fontdepou) has taken a 'mashed Walnut llucià with broccoli and bean Gerb’ and 'onion jam Coll de Nargó'.

· Henry miles from the Dien Restaurant (Vallfogona de Balaguer) has developed an artichoke cream with hazelnut oil and Sarris ‘ and 'paved beans Gerb’

· Ramon Gaspà Bridges Restaurant (bridges) presented in a table 'Hake with broccoli bacon’ and 'White bread with oil of almond and chocolate'.

Restaurants Guide Km0 2012, will go on sale around St. George, includes those establishments that incorporate local foods, and organic varieties and breeds recovery of the Ark of Taste.

Throughout the morning, carried out a workshop sessions grafting fruit trees and old, who wanted, could take them a home. At the stop, you could also find seeds and seed varieties recovery.

CULTURES FOUND started in Rutlla 2008 i, Bye now, co-manages several·Collections of local varieties that include seventy vine varieties, a thirty olive, more than a hundred fruit trees and near 150 horticultural varieties. Has the support of local authorities and the Regional Council of Noguera and Lleida Provincial Council, as well as nonprofit organizations like Slow Food Terres de Lleida, We Sow and what Assembly Farmers.

All these varieties as well as restaurants, shops and co-producers·working together on the project can be found in the section of this website accomplices.

We Contens announce that five of the recovered varieties have become part of the Slow Food Ark of Taste, an international catalog of endangered varieties.

To celebrate, will be at the entrance to Market Balaguer Saturday, information relating to them, onion seeds and plants.

Sample some recipes with local varieties from the hands of Mercy Road Mercy House Restaurant, Henry miles from the Dien Restaurant and The Bridges Restaurant Ramon Gaspà, all of them recently mentioned the plate Km0.

time, will demonstrate some of the techniques of grafting old varieties of fruit trees.

We are invite!

DATA: Saturday 31 March 2011

PLACE: Entry Market Square (Market Balaguer)

HOUR: From the 10.30 hours

From 2008, follow the trail of the old varieties of olive Noguera and Montsec. We already have more than 25 kind study our conservation areas. It is a fascinating work that continues his description 'botanical', the extraction of oil samples, tasting and analysis of the chemical composition, to know the structure of components beneficial for health. Finally, the most interesting are proposed in the catalog of Slow Food Ark of Taste. Every year, produce small editions mono-varietal olive speaking these, the country and the people who cultivates. These bottles, finance costly analytical.

They say that the garden and the vine can be and this year it has happened. Last spring they concentrate on the initial impetus to the project of conservation of the Catalan Cabra and we postpone the distribution of excel·we got three lenses oils. now, giving way to the need to go 2011 and still have the 2010.

SARRUT, BLANC I ROGETA 2010 Oils are made with the utmost attention thanks to the support·Mill Torms operation with volunteers and harvesters.

Besides, Sarris oil has recently been approved for the Ark of Taste and will be present in this food restaurants Km0 2012. The white oil was the great discovery of the vintage, for its aromatic potential.

They have shown great stability but we can not afford to be more time in the cellar.

All in all, I offer them as a good aid.

For us it will be a collective·working very grateful and vote for the continuation of the project.

BO1. 3 Bottles = 15 €

BO2. Cashier 12 bottles = € 60 (without shipping cost)

Details oils: http://www.oliverestrobades.com/index.php/els-olis/

orders: 625658265 / trobades.slowlleida@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

For the third consecutive year, we invite you to meet some of the characteristics of old varieties Speaker.

VISIT

From the 9:30h. you can visit the nursery and orchard conservation and taste some of the jewels of the collection·collection.

tastings

This year, devote special attention to TOMATES ROSA, testing the hegemony of the Rose Albesa.

Also meet again before the likes of melons, from early to YELLOW WHITE WINTER.

I, among other tastings, see how beans are two of the most common Huertas del Segre.

LOCAL VARIETY SHOW

In addition to that we cultivate, we encourage you to bring your fruits and enlarge the sample varieties.

COUNTRY MARKET

Some farmers approached its products.

DINAR

From the 14:00h, you can participate in a charity lunch for the investigation of the health effects of GMOs.

(salads + Paella vegetable or meat (specify) + however,, wine and water + fruit and herbal tea. Price:10€)

You must book through 973451522 or eli.slowlleida@gmail.com

TABLE WITH PUPPET THEATER

At the 16:00h, 'Seeking the Sun’ PUPPET THEATER ROCAMORA

On the right to food and food sovereignty.

To arrive:

Agricultural Training School Vallfogona de Balaguer

Crossroads farm (Crossroads C-13 and C-148a)

http://g.co/maps/dgyninar

 

For three years, we are recovering more than a dozen ancient wheats grown to mid-twentieth century in the province of Lleida near Plan. Sunday 3 July, Sega will beat them and, in a day will feature workshops, meals and songs related to the culture of cereals and bread. We say 'Wheat Day’ The Hear and be in Zion (La Noguera). We are invite.

The recovery project Goat Catalan Montsec is guaranteed only 50% the cost of the first phase, involving the multiplication of existing units to achieve the viability of the population. We call on all people and organizations in the country to help us safeguard it as an essential part of our agricultural biodiversity Catalan. For that, offer the possibility of sponsorship consists of a financial contribution of € 120 year / animal, to cover the 50% spending on food causing each copy. In exchange, godparents will be able to name the animal chosen, visit the farm and enjoy the first liters of milk a goat Catalan. For more information, contact us and we will contact you.

DOCUMENT sponsorship

Catalan conference on Goat:

For the third consecutive year, we invite you to meet some of the characteristics of old varieties Speaker.

VISIT

From the 9:30h. you can visit the nursery and orchard conservation and taste some of the jewels of the collection·collection.

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