Representatives of the Brazilian agricultural cooperative COOPES are in Turin, Italy, taking part in the Slow Food movement at the event Terra Madre 2010. Terra Madre unites people with a passion for food - cooks and teachers as well as eaters and students - as well as those that are promoting small scale, sustainable agriculture, as COOPES does.
Representatives from COOPES, from the semi-arid interior of the Brazilian state of Bahia, are among only eight groups from all of Brazil represented at Terra Madre, where they are participating in presentations about licuri and its benefits for small farmers and their families as well as the history of the food and the need for its preservation. Cultural practices from Bahia are part of the event, especially the traditional samba songs that historically accompany the preparation of licuri.
The Slow Food movement is a big help to the preservation of licuri. Beyond spreading awareness and adding credibility to licuri producers, it has supported licuri by testing its nutritional contents. With luck, the Terra Madre event (the fourth in which COOPES has participated) will be yet another step in developing a better market for licuri and the small farmers that depend on it.
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