Meet the seminar FORGOTTEN GARDEN Der Garten vergessene May 17 Asiago

The FORGOTTEN GARDEN workshop meeting-Der vergessene Garten on May 17 in Asiago

Saturday 17 may 2014 from 9.30 a.m. at the Hall of the mountain community Regency Dear Regency of the seven common to Asiago, held a meeting inside the garden Forgot-Der Vergessene Garten, the seminar on cultivation and marketing of horticultural products and delland medicinal plants.

The seminar is structured in five meetings attended by experts in the field, under which there will be an opportunity to compare the experiences of manufacturers and entrepreneurs of the Montagna Vicentina and the Alto Bellunese.

Program

Saturday, May 17

9.30 -12.30 A.m.Production and sale of medicinal plants: technical aspects and market opportunities

Flavio Kaisermann, Fondazione Edmund Mach (Pergine, Trento)

Topics

• Guidance on variety to choose from: the species to be cultivated, where to find raw materials
• Feasibility conditions of cultivation of medicinal plants
• Ideal location
• The soil, structures and the necessary equipment
• Plant care
• Market potential
• The initial investment, operating costs
• The commitment of effort
• Marketing
• Profitability

-16.30 14.30 HoursBusiness cases in the LAG Montagna Vicentina LAG Alto Bellunese and: comparing experiences

• Medicinal plants in the mountains, opportunities and challenges during the 2007–13 Pier Luigi Svaluto, entrepreneur (Perarolo, Belluno)
• The extraction of essential oil of pine John Vadde, cheesemaker (Perarolo, Belluno)
• Medicinal plants and herbs in the mountains Lisa Calva, owner company "Marigold" (Asiago, Vicenza)
• Wild saffron and the development of new products Amira Garner, owner company "Malgasiago" (Asiago-Vicenza)

For the complete program of the meetings click on the image below.

Ways to participate

The seminar is open to the public. Participation in the seminar is free of charge.

Interested parties shall submit their tenders to the Montagna Vicentina LAG before the end of the 4/30/2014, via email at . For cooking on Saturday 14 June there will be a limited number of participants.

Transnational cooperation project The Forgotten Garden-Der vergessene Garten

finanziata initiative from the Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013 Organism information officer: Gal Montagna Vicentina managing authority: Regione del Veneto-management plans and programmes of primary sector