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Welcome to
Cheese Art 2006
CoRFiLaC, Consorzio Ricerca Filiera Lattiero-Casearia,
from June 27th to July 2nd celebrates the fifth edition of
Cheese Art, that will take place in the historical Castle of
Donnafugata, in Ragusa. Cheese Art is a Biennial Event of
Culture and Science dedicated to Traditional Dairy products
of Mediterranean Countries.
The main purpose of this event is to valorize the Production
System and the Dairy and Agricultural Food Products of
Mediterranean Countries.
This valorization takes into consideration not only the
products, but also the man that produces them.
It is the
man who harmonizes and dominates the natural biodiversity
factors, which intrinsically are part of the territory. That is
why we speak of Revival of the Territory through Revival of
the Taste.
Cheese Art wants to be one of the most important destination
for those travelers who want to know the real Sicily, land
of culture that manufactures products originating from a
synthesis of experience and passion; products that excite the
consumers for their uniqueness, aroma, flavor and colors, all
of which are expression of a sunny and strong land. The best of
the Sicilian and Mediterranean productions will be on display
at Cheese Art 2006 for buyers, national and international
operators, press, TV networks, researchers and travelers.
From testimonies and reflections that have characterized the
history of Cheese Art, CoRFiLaC has decided to contribute
to the defense of the rural culture, the traditions of lands often
abandoned by young people in search of a more alluring life,
frequently devoid of content. After a series of researches and
analyses, CoRFiLaC has decided that the main protagonists
of Cheese Art 2006 will be “Women, Young and Elders.”
In
details:
Women’s Role in the Development of Emerging Countries:
“Wisdom”
Young People, Consumers of the Th ird Millennium:
“Hope”
Th e Elders, Conscious Consumers of Today:
“Experience”
INFORMATION
Organizational Secretary
tel. +39.0932.660.436/413
fax +39.0932.660.436
e.mail info@cheeseart.com
Press Office
tel. +39.0932.660.414/425
fax +39.0932.660.448
e.mail press@cheeseart.com
Scientific Secretary
tel. +39.0932.660.418
fax +39.0932.660.448
e.mail carpino@corfilac.it
CoRFiLaC and its philosophy
Located in Ragusa and founded in
1996, the Consorzio di Ricerca Filiera
Lattiero-Casearia, “CoRFiLaC,” is a
company with public law personality,
of the Sicilian Region. The Consortium was established
with the goal of bringing forth the “Iblean project”
from a “dream”: To create a link between the world of
research and the world of production and consumers.
The research strategy is to develop experimental
protocols that study the specific quality of traditional
production systems that are deeply rooted in the
territory. It is through those natural processes that
man, farmer, cheese-maker must rule in order to
obtain excellent cheeses, which CoRFiLaC defi nes as“Formaggi d’Autore.”
WHERE TO LODGE IN RAGUSA AND ITS PROVINCE
HOTEL and RESIDENCE
B&B and Holiday Houses
FARMS
THE MAP OF THE PROVINCE OF RAGUSA (click on the map)
TOURIST INFORMATIONS
Photos
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CHEESE ART 2006
:: the program ::
Scientific Conferences and Seminars will be dedicated to the
Main Cheese Art topics, “Women, Young and Elders,” in
order to investigate the importance of the three figures, as
protagonists of the recovery, qualification and valorization
of historical productions in rural Mediterranean World and
Emerging Countries.
Cheese Art constitutes a great opportunity to work with
intellectual authorities interested in the same themes, to define
a shared strategy for permanent projects that CoRFiLaC has
decided to direct. Among these, there is the project “Professional
Women Opportunity”, PWO, that will be presented during
Cheese Art 2006, and whose strategic philosophy is to create
a “place” of thought, know-how, cultural exchange, as well as
a place of interaction for the technical and scientifi c aspects
to be located at the CoRFiLaC facility. This place will allow
women of developing countries to have a permanent center of
reference supporting their growth and their needs.
Together with the main themes, Cheese Art 2006 will host
a number of established events, orientated toward cultural
recognition and promotion of traditional agricultural and
food products. Therefore, there will be events that in the past
editions had a big success such as: Parlamento del Gusto,
Sapori in Grotta, Tasting Cheese, Historical Food Crafts,
Cheese Bar, Live Cheese-making of Historical Sicilian
Cheeses, Sicilian Ricotta, Cities of Cheese, Competitions
for Cheese-maker and Affi neur, Exciting Beer and Jazz,
Pizza-Cheese & Beer.
In addition, Cheese Art 2006 will off er to the visitors an
extraordinary space, the court of the Castle of Donnafugata,
dedicated to the Outdoor Market: a journey through the
spices of the classical “Suk of Med”, through the vegetables
which grow in the torrents, the homemade preserves, the
street traders of cheeses, salami and fi sh and, fi nally, the Street
Food.
Th e cultural highlight of Cheese Art 2006 will consist in the
celebration of events dedicated to the Sicilian author Gesualdo
Bufalino, marking the 10th anniversary of his death.
Scientific Conferences
- Women’s Role in the Development of Emerging Countries
- Communication and Development
- High Technology Serving Rural Areas
- Ethnic Rural Identities and Globalization
- Cultural Marketing: a Global Opportunity
- Professional Women Opportunity - PWO
World’s Traditional Cheeses
History
- Technologies and Locations
- Food Safety and Traditional Cheeses’ Certification
- Advanced Scientific Technologies to Study Tradition’s Complex
Processes
From the Land to the Table: Consumers in Search of the “Lost Taste”
- Consumers’ Expectations
- Scientific Research Contribution
- Contribution of the World of Production and Services
- Communication Network Contribution
- Relational Tourism: the Traveler
Seminars
- Gesualdo Bufalino and (His) Sicily
- The Youth’s Diet of the Third Millennium Compared to That of
the Farmers’ Children of Sometime Ago: Obesity Risk
- Farmer’s Diet and Third Age
- Exciting Beer: A Voyage Through the History
and Culture of the Beer in the Mediterranean
- Ricotta Cheese: A Poem of Its Own
- Cities of Cheese.
Food Culture
- “Parlamento del Gusto”
- “I Sapori in Grotta”
- Timeless Traditional Food & Lounge Bar
- Tasting Cheese
- Wine, Beer and Cheese Bar
- Jazz, Pizza-Cheese & Beer
- Market and Food Crafts
- Outdoor Markets
- Cities of Cheese
- Historical Food Crafts
- Live Cheese-making of Historical Sicilian Cheeses
- Competition for “Cheese-maker” and “Affineur”
Other Cultural Events
- Re-reading Gesualdo Bufalino
- Food and Cinema
- Photography and Painting Contest
- Puppet Theater
- “Wien – Wein,” Shepherds’ and Women’s Songs
- Dance Concert with Fingers
- Buskers: Street Artists
The Main Topics of Enogastronomy
- Sicilian Ricotta Cheese
- Craft Beers
- Mediterranean Traditional Cheeses
Photography Exhibitions
Besides the memories tied to the taste of Mediterranean
products, CoRFiLaC wants to fix in the mind of the travelers
imagines of people, places, customs, territories and countries
that possess a wealth of traditions to be able to stimulate the
need of traveling towards those destinations.
During Cheese Art 2006 there will be a photography
exhibition by Umberto Agnello on “Volti dei Casari/Images
of Cheese-makers;” one exhibition will be dedicated to
emerging countries, among which India and Africa; and
another on the sunny Sicilian ountry-side. |
