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05/10/2009 |
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Auction to support Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity projects in Kenya
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A charity auction of Traditional Modena Balsamic Vinegar (25 years) was held on September 21 at the Politeama Theater in Bra during the Purveyors of Good Cheese Award. This special vinegar was drawn in 2009 from barrels bought by Slow Food Italy and stored with the Traditional Modena Balsamic Vinegar Consortium at Spilamberto.
 The sum of € 4200 raised in the auction will be forwarded to the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity’s projects in Kenya to support five producer communities: the Musciunu chicken farmers, the salt gatherers, the Lare pumpkin growers, the Molo nettle growers and the ash yogurt producers. These are communities which maintain ancient knowledge and to continue their work need equipment, technical assistance and help to form cooperatives so they can sell on local and national markets.
(In the picture: Silvio Barbero, National Secretary of Slow Food Italia as auctioneer for the occasion)
The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity would like to thank the following for making this initiative possible:
Montgomery Cheddar Manor Farm of the Slow Food Presidium for Artisan Somerset Cheddar
Magdalène and Nico Captein and Marije and Hugo van der Poel of the Slow Food Presidium for Artisan Gouda
Jaros Maciej of the Slow Food Mead Presidium
The producers of Quorum Barbera d’Asti DOC: Berta, Braida, Chiarlo, Coppo, Prunotto and Vietti
The Santa Rita dairy cooperative in Pompeano di Serramazzoni (Modena)
Terre di Castelmagno of the Slow Food Presidium for Mountain Castelmagno
Beppino Occelli
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