Franca Garesio Stefano Scavino
Agro-ecological agriculture in the veggie garden: a cultivation challenge started with the Motta's square pepper
Stefano Scavino gives up his academic career to dedicate himself to agriculture after reading an anecdote in Carlo Petrine's book Good, Clean, and Fair. Ten years ago, his determination leads him to search for the seeds to produce the square pepper of Motta di Costigliole d'Asti again: a vegetable that had become extinct due to market issues and low yield.
Today, he runs a horticultural company that, despite efforts and adversities, he tries to develop involving trusted partners in line with his principles of agro-ecology and sustainability, committing to the cultivation of the pepper as well as other vegetables that until the mid-20th century were part of the local biodiversity.
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Asti
Locality: Costigliole d'Asti
Stefano Scavino
Date of birth: 04-07-1988
City: Asti
School: University
Profession: Entrepreneur
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Laura Bugliazzini
Video by: Laura Bugliazzini, Luca Ghiardo
Created: 21-03-2025
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Nourishing Piedmontese Identity: Bagna Cauda’s tales
Nourishing Piedmontese Identity: Bagna Cauda’s tales
Bagna cauda is a complex and multifaceted gastronomic system partly constituted by its ingredients and, above all, by a repertoire of cultural aspects capable of conveying symbols, traditions, and knowledge of the communities of Southern Piedmont, from which it is considered an identity food.
A dish in which every variant of the recipe is evidence of a different tradition: hundreds of possible preparations that differ from each other, connected by distinctive traits such as conviviality, sharing, irony, and the celebration of a non-solemn festive event. A unique convergence that represents the common thread of this repository that contains interviews with farmers, cooks, and those who experience the practice of bagna cauda as a moment of communion with food and collectivity.
A meaning that, in the last twelve years, the Astigiani Cultural Association has been able to grasp, proposing to the Piedmontese communities all over the world the participation to the Bagna Cauda Day. A very successful initiative that involved over 30.000 diners in the 2024 edition.
