We wrote in another post about tarubá, a fermented beverage made with cassava. How it’s done? The process isn’t easy and it’s worth a documentation. We present here how Maria do Socorro…
Tag: amazonia
Cassava in Roero
The cassava (Manihot esculenta) doesn’t grow up in the Roero region (Italy), but for one night was the star in Pocapaglia. Here, a group of student of the University of Gastronomic Sciences,…
A visit in Prainha to know the “state of the art” of the piracui production
Since 2008 I have struggled to find ways to support the piracui producers of Prainha, Pará, Brasil. I spent the past August in the Amazon region. So, I decided to visit them….
Luzia Fati’s memory
In order to honour the memory of an upright person, Luzia Fati, who died in March 2013, I put here the whole interview she gave me in April 2007, in Santarém (Pará,…
The differentiation of the Brazilian peasantry and its struggles for citizenship (podcast and proceedings)
Intervento presentato al XXXIV Convegno Internazionale di Americanistica, nella sessione: 19. Centralità dei margini e nuove forme di cittadinanza, coordinata dal Prof. João Pacheco de Oliveira e dal Prof. Roberto Malighetti. Registrazione…
Gastronomic event in S. Paulo
Semana Mesa SP is one of the most important Latin American gastronomic events; in 2010 comes to its 4th edition; this year issue is “What gastronomy could do for the plantet?”, an…
Inhabitants of the Renascer Resex villages settle to prevent the exit of barges full of wood
Sunday, January 3, 2010, 12:52 AM – NewsNews published in the Instituto Socioambiental web site in December the 21st, 2009. Since November the 27th, inhabitants of the Renascer Resex villages are settling…
Inhabitants of the Renascer settle to prevent wood theft
For 20 days until now, 200 people from local villages, try to prevent the barges full of wood escape from the protected area (Resex Renascer). The wood comes from illegal logging, within…
Research and action for development
During the XXX International Congress of American Studies, Perugia, Italy, May 6-12, 2008, in the panel Amazonia. State of the Art of the Field Researches was debated the relationship between research, mainly…
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