Presenting our network of chestnut growers

For a long time, chestnut groves were one of the main resources for the farming economy in the Italian inland areas – and they can still be a treasure of immense value. 

They are a barrier against hydrogeological disruption and forest fires, they store carbon dioxide and offer a great range of valuable landscapes and varieties. The Slow Food network of chestnut farmers has been working to recover and spread the cultivation of chestnut groves as a common heritage, highlighting its economical, environmental and social aspects. Let’s find out more about the constant and precious work carried out silently by the guardians of our woods.

Speakers:

• Giovanna Pezzi, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences. Environmental and Applied Botany – University of Bologna.
• Alberto Maltoni, University of Florence, Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI).
• Luigi Vezzalini, National Association of Chestnut Cities.
• Honourable Antonella Incerti, Agriculture Commission Chamber of Deputies.
• Antonio Nicoletti, Legambiente.

Moderators: 

• Federico Varazi, Slow Food Italy Vice-President.
• Luca Caverni, Rete dei Castanicoltori.

Free entry while seats last. We advise you to arrive 10 minutes early to ensure a place.

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is in Parco Dora, Turin, from September 22-26, 2022, with over 600 exhibitors and a series of workshops, conferences and tastings that show how we can regenerate our planet through food. #TerraMadre2022 is a Slow Food event.

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