Carla Vico Davide Morel
A young beeder in the Varaita valley
Davide Morel was born in 1989. He was interviewed in 2013. He is a young breeder who works in the Varaita valley. He keeps his herd of Piedmontese cows in Pontechianale.
In the interview he describes his work, explaining the decision of continuing the family business. He points out the characteristics of his firm and describes some of the fundamental aspects of the culture of his region.
This interview was collected for a research promoted by the Cuneo Province Council - Department of Agriculture, parks and forest and conducted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences in order to institute the archive Cuneo province agriculture between tradition and innovation.
Video table of contents
- Being a herder
- The work of an herder
- Passion
- Thirty or forty cows
- Collateral works
- All the year in the mountain
- Changes in the life
- Wolf
- Proverbs about wolves and sheep
- Satisfaction
- Festival and tourism
- Traditional music
- Local festivals
- Founding and bureaucracy
- Living in the mountains
- The project Gestal
- Local products
- Cattle-breeding in the Varaita valley
- Allocation of city pastures
- St. Laurence
- Hay season
- St. Chiaffredo
- Superstition
- Natural resources to heal the cows
- Crop rotation
- Cow bell
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Pontechianale
District: CN
Suburb: Genzana
Altitude: 1645m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontechianale
Davide Morel
Year: 1989
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Other
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino, Luca Percivalle
Video by: Luca Percivalle
Created: 22-06-2013
