Ivano Rean Conto
Cortereggio Canavese Piattella Bean
Ivano Rean Conto was born in 1976 and interviewed in 2013.
He is the person in charge of the Slow Food Presidium of the Piattella bean.
He tells about the cultivation of this famous bean that had almost disappeared. Starting in the 2000s, the work done over the years by farmers, schools, local restaurateurs and the people of Cortereggio has created the basis for institution of a Presidium in the village.
Ivano Rean Conto explains the history of the Presidium and its achievements that suggest a promising future for the community and its bean.
Video table of contents
- The presidium
- A coop of farmers for the future of the village
- The Piattella bean: a case study for a new form of presidium
- Work together for a single goal
- Involving the schools
- We are all crazy still to continue cultivating the beans with corn
- The rise of production
- Creating new jobs
- From the rebirth of the Piattella to the Salone del Gusto
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: San Giorgio Canavese
District: TO
Suburb: Cortereggio
Altitude: 245m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortereggio
Urls: Scheda Piattella canavesana di Cortereggio - Sito Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità, Sito dedicato alla storia e alle tradizioni di Cortereggio, Sito Associazione Piattella canavesana di Cortereggio, Cortereggio Canavese Piattella Bean - The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
Attached documents:
- Articolo "Una gran Piattella" - Barolo&Co n. 1/2013
- estratto da "I Presìdi Slow Food" 2012
- Pieghevole illustrativo Presidio Slow Food
- Antonio Bertolotti, Cortereggio, in Passeggiate nel Canavese, vol. II, 1868
Attached images:
Ivano Rean Conto
Date of birth: 01-16-1976
City: Castellamonte (Torino)
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
Aa.Vv. (2012), Guida ai Presìdi Slow Food: per scoprire i prodotti che raccontano l’Italia, le osterie che li cucinano, mangiare e dormire dai produttori, Bra, Slow Food editore.
Belletti P., Nada E. (1995), Variabilità isoenzimatica in fagiolo comune (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), "Italus Hortus", vol. II, n. 3, pp. 39-46.
Bertolotti A. (1868), Cortereggio, in Passeggiate nel Canavese, vol. II, Ivrea, Curbis, pp. 72-96.
Piccinino F. (2013), Una gran Piattella, in “Barolo&Co.”, XXXI, n. 1, pp. 104-105.
Sitography:
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivcalle
Created: 26-06-2013
