The project, carried out in the Forte Colle delle Benne di Levico, is a small project born initially from the voluntary action of a group of young locals who asked the Municipality to be able to reopen the manor, to start a digitalization process structured in three new tour itineraries designed for different target groups: families with children, school groups and categories of disadvantaged subjects, such as children with dyslexia.
Adopt a cow is a funny project born in Valsugana and Lagorai to let you know the beautiful nature of these mountains, to teach you how cheese is made following faithfully old recipes and to show you what it means to live in an alpine hut and watch over cows on mountain pastures.
This best practice deals with youth entrepreneurship issue as a driver for social and economic revitalization of rural areas. Here are presented two cases of young entrepreneurs, a woman and a man, who came back to their native lands to start their own activity in the agricultural sector: a dairy farm in Ossola Valley (mountain area in Northern Piedmont), which is also farmhouse and educational farm, and a farm on Asti hills (central Piedmont) that produces peppers and artichokes restoring ancient seeds.
Name of Implementing Organization:
Case 1 - Alpe Burki Case 2 - DuiPuvrun
Country:
Italy
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Viceconsejería de Empleo, Diálogo Social y Bienestar Laboral