Virginia Peña: “I feel freer here than in any office”
Virginia Peña has spent eight years at the helm of Ramaderia El Cingle, an organically certified livestock farm in Vallcebre (Parc Regional del Prepirineu Català). We spoke with her to mark International Women's Day.
Virginia Peña has spent eight years at the helm of Ramaderia El Cingle, an organically certified livestock farm in Vallcebre (Berguedà). She raises forty-nine Limousin cows that graze freely across the mountain and sells a meat that is, above all else, a taste of the land.
Drawing from her expertise as an agrosocial consultant and author of the guide "New Farmers", Neus Monllor invites us in this interview to energise the agricultural sector with collaborative, innovative, and sustainable tools.
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