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Romanian Cheeses Nominated for the Ark of Taste Catalogue - It's Happening at Cheese 2013
Across the world, traditional and artisanal food products are disappearing at an alarming rate, taking with them with the knowledge, techniques, cultures and landscapes behind their production. This phenomenon constitutes an immense loss of our planet’s biodiversity and the memories, aromas and flavors that have been part of our cultures for millennia. To counteract this tragic development, Slow Food has launched the Save a Cheese! Campaign, which encourages visitors to Cheese, the international fair to be held in Bra, Italy, in September, to bring an endangered cheese that they would like to save, in order to nominate it for Slow Food’s Ark of Taste, a catalogue of traditional foods that risk extinction.
The campaign has been received with great interest and people from 12 countries (from Europe but also from countries such as Brazil, Burkina Faso, Macedonia, and Turkey) are bringing or sending in the cheeses that are dear to them and that they want to save.
The following cheeses from Romania are nominated and exhibited during Cheese: Urda and Telemea (made of goat milk). The nominated cheeses will be on display in a designated space in Piazza Valfré di Bonzo, along with cheeses that are already in the Ark of Taste catalogue from more than 20 countries.
During and after the four-day event, a Commission will judge the cheeses based on specific criteria, with the goal of boarding as many new passengers as possible on the Ark of Taste, a catalogue of small-scale quality productions that belong to the cultures, history and traditions of the entire planet. By pointing out these products, the Ark aims to function as a red flag and inspire people to take action to save them.