‘Dove si è di casa’. Pratiche di appaesamento dell'orzo in Val di Fiemme

Abstract

Known for its forests, the Fiemme Valley is also characterized by marginal, domestic and polycultural agriculture. This article aims to consider the recovery and cultivation of barley varieties, a cereal useful for triangulating the particular relationship between ancient landraces, conservation of biodiversity and social imaginaries in the Fiemme territory. From its origin in the vegetable gardens of Capriana to its valorization by the Terre Altre agricultural cooperative, up to its use as an ingredient in the Fiemme Brewing: each of these steps marks different symbolic assimilation of the cereal within the community memory.

Keywords

• mountain agriculture; cereal landraces; cooperative Terre Altre; brewery of Fiemme