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.
Between 1956 and 2018, the agricultural area of the demarcation has been reduced by 120,500 hectares, an area similar to the extension of Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat and Alt Penedès.
The approval by the European Commission of the Strategic Plan of the CAP 2023-2027 presented by the Spanish State is one of the topics highlighted in the new BCN Smart Rural Press Digest.
A new initiative by the Land Bank Network aims to restore agricultural activity on 22 hectares currently unused in the Barcelona region.
The fair, which started in June to promote the foods of the Montserrat Rural Park, has now become the main gastronomic event in the region.
Right now they have 50 properties available, which represents around 332 hectares.
The new 'BCN Smart Rural Story' focuses on the Land Banks Network promoted by the Barcelona Provincial Council since 2018.
The Land Banks Network promoted by the Barcelona Provincial Council takes centre stage in the latest 'BCN Smart Rural Story.'
In this newsletter, we highlight the importance of reintroducing herds into the forest with the dual objective of reducing the risk of wildfires and valorizing the meat of freely raised animals. Additionally, we spoke with Mercè Oms, the owner of a…
The butchering facility of the Montserrat Rural Park starts autumn with a new meat handling course for shepherds and farmers.
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