Carla Vico Michele Colombero
Herders in the Alpe Gardetta
Michele Colombero was born in 1988 in a family from Marmora. His family has been herders in Alpe Gardetta since 1935. In the last 23 years, they have also managed a farm holiday in Canosio.
The young herder presents his family and its activity. He talks about the transhumance and the ritual practices linked to it. He tells of his everyday life in the mountains, its activities and works.
He points out the importance of the Nostrale d'Alpe association for their activity and the present challenges the work presents.
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
- A family of herders
- To change the shed for the cows
- The herding contract
- The cows at the end of May
- The cow bells
- The bell makers
- A normal day of herding
- Our cheese
- The Nostrale d'Alpe association
- Present and past of a profession
- The graze
- The cows in the winter
- The milk quality
- St. John, St. Micheal, St. Martin
- Herders and festivals
- The difficult research of a farm
- Once at the fair of Saluzzo...
- Herders and shephers
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Canosio
District: CN
Locality: Alpe Gardetta
Altitude: 2086m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canosio
Urls: Rifugio della Gardetta
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Michele Colombero
Date of birth: 05-26-1988
City: Savigliano
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Other
Languages: Italiano, dialetto piemontese
Bibliography:
All'origine dei sapori. Cuneo, viaggio tra i prodotti agroalimentari della provincia, a cura di Erica Croce e Giovanni Perri, Bra, Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche-Slow Food Editore, 2012, pp. 64-65.
Document by: Franco Zampicinini, Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivalle
Created: 23-08-2013
