Hortus Eco News

Hortus APRODISCAe at the Museum of Rural Life.

Thursday April 22, 2010 was submitted to MVR book “Young and elder talk about the land… and about the kitchen”

The book  was presented on April 22, 2010 at the Museum of Rural Life of Espluga Francolí. This publication is a project of Hortus APRODISCAe and has been promoted by Aprodisca (Association for the mentally handicapped in the Conca de Barbera).

The pool explains how the advent of industrialization in the country brought positive things, but mainly custom made change for millennia. The cold, industrial and transportation revolution enabled the consumer does not rely on seasonal produce or canned. Today you can consume fruits and vegetables from other seasons and remote sites, but it makes us lose track of how these foods have been treated, the chemical processes that have suffered to be kept longer conditions in which they grow. Given this proliferation many farmers and consumers who have chosen to return to farming, seasonal produce to eat … well, to return, methods and contemporary knowledge, the rationality required before the dependent stations. It’s the easiest way we currently make sure you eat healthy food, safety and quality.

On September 29, at Noble Hall of Palau Bofarull is held the third edition of the Business Recognition Ceremony Inclusive Province of Tarragona.

Organized by entities ACTAS ,  Federació ACAPPS , AMMFEINA ,  ECOM  i  FCS Inserta , this is an act of recognition of all companies in the province of Tarragona and Conca de Barbera thought in occupationally disabled in your equipment work and, in turn, is intended to raise awareness of the possibilities and social significance related to the integration of people with disabilities in a regular job.

The three winners of this year were Sinterizados Montblanc (SIMO), and the Lower Penedès Racetrack Montblanc Grupo Siro. One more reason for joy and satisfaction that all these companies have hired workers / s with disabilities from Aprodisca We joined using the methodology of supported employment.

Once the ceremony was organized to serve a delicious catering APRODISCAe Hortus, which we were accompanied Funez Ramon Mas and Xenia, doing catering and Sandra Ruiz, carrying inscriptions in attendance.

On 21 August 2009 Hortus APRODISCAe appeared in “La Vanguardia” .

“From the screw to the organic tomato” article speaks  strategic change that Aprodisca had to lead off in order to boost the Project Hortus APRODISCAe.

The original PDF below:

• 20090821 lavanguardia_de la rosca al tomate.pdf

Agrocultura, the journal of organic farming and agroecology, published in Issue 41 of the magazine (a publication of the summer of 2010) article “Hortus Aprodiscae: a social initiative, local and organic.” In this article we talk about the birth of our project, as well as discuss the philosophy and objectives.

the PDF document below:

• 2010 Agrocultura_Una iniciativa local i eco.pdf

On 13 March 2009, the NOVA CONCA Weekly published the article “Agriculture, food and a commitment to organic food and in the future.” In this article we talk about the values underlying the project Hortus APRODISCAe: territorial, environmental and social.

the original PDF document below:

• 20090313 novaconca_agricultura alimentacio i gastronomia ecologica.pdf