Alice Cerutti
Cascina Oschiena
Video table of contents
- A radical change in life: becoming a rice grower
- The varieties of rice we grow
- The importance of giving back to the environment
- The reception of our environmental projects
- Farmers are the guardians of the territory
- Usefulness of public contributions to sustainable agriculture
- Our certifications: Friends of the Earth and Global GAP
- Economic sustainability and multifunctionality of the farm
- The renovation of the farm buildings
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.