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.
This initiative, based in the Ges, Orís, and Bisaura Valley, supports young people entering the primary sector and has been developed under the BCN Smart Rural programme.
The initiative led by Barcelona Provincial Council advances in its goal to restore a mosaic landscape rich in biodiversity.
Huertos in the Sky came into being with the mission of promoting the creation of rooftop vegetable gardens in the city of Barcelona. Its goals are to bring nature and healthy food closer to citizens, to foster active, connected communities, and to…
El Tros d’Ordal (The Ordal Patch), located in the county of Alt Penedès, came into being in 2012, when Àgueda Ortiz and David Casas created a small vegetable garden in the village of Ordal as a hobby. Soon, more people joined the project and, after…
The 25th anniversary of Lower Llobregat Agrarian Park is one of the highlights in the new BCN Smart Rural Press Digest.
Isabel Simó grew up in Ullastrell, in the county of Vallès Occidental, where together with her partner she now runs a community garden project in which a dozen other people are actively involved.
Today marks a quarter of a century since the official establishment of Catalonia's first agrarian space. Firmly committed to preserving agricultural activity, the environment, and local food production, the agrarian park is a success story in the…
Ricard Huguet has been running L’Horta de les Casetes, a one-hectare organic vegetable garden in Sant Pere de Ribes (Garraf), for 12 years. The land is leased. Ricard owns two hectares of land in Cubelles but he can’t cultivate it at the moment due…
The Can Salvi farmhouse, located in the Espai Rural Gallecs (Gallecs Rural Space), is home to a family farming project that’s almost a century old. The mainstay of the business is Salvi Safont, who at almost 80 years old is still growing organic…
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