Alice Cerutti
Cascina Oschiena
Video table of contents
- A radical change in life: becoming a rice grower
- The varieties of rice we grow
- Not just conserving, but giving back to the environment
- The reception of our projects for the environment
- Farmers are the custodians of the land
- On the importance of public fundings for a sustainable agriculture
- Our certifications: Friends of the Earth and Global GAP
- On the economic sustainability and the multifunctionality of the farm
- The renovation of the farm buildings
- On the qualities of a good farmer and the usefulness of research
- The project of the oasis of Cascina Oschiena is the realization of a dream
- We are the last nesting site of the Black-tailed godwit recorded in Italy
- On the different habitats of the oasis
- The rural landscape in the old "cabrei" of the farm and the surroundings
- On the importance of networking and the importance of dialogue
- On the importance of early flooding and sowing in water
- On water management in a "tenimento isolato"
- Flooded rice fields do not consume water but preserve it
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Vercelli
Suburb: Crova
Locality: Cascina Oschiena
Urls: Cascina Oschiena
Alice Cerutti
Date of birth: 10-23-1982
City: Torino
School: University
Profession: Farmer
Languages: italiano
Document by: Annalisa D'Orsi
Video by: Annalisa D'Orsi, Luca Ghiardo
Created: 04-10-2023
Questo video fa parte del seguente archivio
Rice stories
Rice stories
Food is a fundamental resource for man and his health, both through the supply of nutrients and the ability to embody traits of human culture that play a leading role in our well-being.
Over time, each territory has built original ways in which to relate to the fruits of its land, enriching them with rituals, symbolic meanings and culinary customs. Much of these relationships have been lost following the years of the economic boom, with the exodus from the countryside to urban centers, with the advent of agriculture for mass production and ultimately with the globalization of markets and the consequent impoverishment of the heritage of biodiversity and ethnodiversity.
The purpose of this archive is to collect evidence relating to the main rice production area in Europe, that is the Po Valley, and to investigate, through the analysis of textual sources and testimonies collected in the field, both what survives of this heritage, and the ways in which which has evolved and reached us, paying particular attention to the explicit and implicit links that bind food and health.