Alpagota Lamb

Slow Food Presidium

Italy

Veneto

Breeds and animal husbandry

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Alpagota Lamb

The historical Alpago region has given its name to this medium-small, thick-fleeced sheep breed, whose lower legs and hornless head are covered in unusual dark blotches. Like most native breeds, numbers have fallen drastically over the last century. Today, only around 3,000 Alpagota sheep are still farmed in the area, a slight increase from the early 1990s, when the European Community included the sheep among its list of local species at risk of extinction. A triple-purpose breed, it can provide quality meat, milk and wool. These days Alpagota sheep are raised in wild or semi-wild conditions almost exclusively for their excellent meat.

Season

The lamb can be found through the year according to the breed's reproductive cycle, and especially from December to April.

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A production protocol signed by the farmers joined together in the Fardjma association sets out fundamental guidelines for raising the lamb in such a way as to obtain tender and delicious meat. The Presidium has registered its own brand and guarantees consumers complete traceability. The lamb is labeled with the brand, the name and address of the farmer and codes for the slaughterhouse and farm. Alpagota wool is also used for clothing.

Production area
Alpago region, Belluno Province

Breeders

Società Agricola Cooperativa Fardjma
Via Pianon, 7
Tambre (Bl)
Tel. 334 6006857
zack2036@alice.it
Fardjma brings together the breeders : Lorena Bortoluzzi di Alpago,Zaccaria Tona di Lamosano, Pierluigi Pedol di Chies d’Alpago, Fulliu Illari, Franco Pianon, Lorenzo Bona, Alessandro Fullin di Tambre, Sebastiano Fullin di Puos d’Alpago, Dario Emeri di Sedico, Lorenzo Cazzador di Polcenigo.

Meat from the Alpago sheep breed can be found at butchers' shops:
Albano Beghin
Via Euganea, 48
Teolo (Pd)

Vittorio Brandalise
Via Spert, 4 B
Alpago (Bl)

Carnissima
Via Sant’Agostino, 41
Treviso

Carpitella
Corso del Popolo, 53
Mestre (Ve)

Cavarzano Carni
Via Vittorio Veneto, 230
Belluno

La Coop di Lamosano
Via della Conciliazione, 161
Lamosano (Bl)

Gianni De March
Via Cal Vecia, 7
Tambre (Bl)

Fedalto
Via Caneve, 16
Mestre (Ve)

Fratelli Mazzaro
Via Zermanese, 48 B
Mogliano Veneto (Tv)

Fabio Furlan
Via Fabio Filzi, 48
Istrana (Tv)

Gusto & Fantasia
Piazza Wagner
Milano

Macelleria Breda
Piazza Roma, 16 B
Sarmede (Tv)

Il Piacere della Carne
Via Lanzaghe, 34
Silea (Tv)

Stecca
Borgo Cavour, 4
Treviso
Coordinator
Zaccaria Tona
Tel. +39 334 6006857 
zack2036@alice.it

Slow Food Coordinator
Luca Pessot
Tel. +39 335 284634
luca.pessot@virgilio.it

Presidium

A production protocol signed by the farmers joined together in the Fardjma association sets out fundamental guidelines for raising the lamb in such a way as to obtain tender and delicious meat. The Presidium has registered its own brand and guarantees consumers complete traceability. The lamb is labeled with the brand, the name and address of the farmer and codes for the slaughterhouse and farm. Alpagota wool is also used for clothing.

Production area
Alpago region, Belluno Province

Producers

Breeders

Società Agricola Cooperativa Fardjma
Via Pianon, 7
Tambre (Bl)
Tel. 334 6006857
zack2036@alice.it
Fardjma brings together the breeders : Lorena Bortoluzzi di Alpago,Zaccaria Tona di Lamosano, Pierluigi Pedol di Chies d’Alpago, Fulliu Illari, Franco Pianon, Lorenzo Bona, Alessandro Fullin di Tambre, Sebastiano Fullin di Puos d’Alpago, Dario Emeri di Sedico, Lorenzo Cazzador di Polcenigo.

Meat from the Alpago sheep breed can be found at butchers' shops:
Albano Beghin
Via Euganea, 48
Teolo (Pd)

Vittorio Brandalise
Via Spert, 4 B
Alpago (Bl)

Carnissima
Via Sant’Agostino, 41
Treviso

Carpitella
Corso del Popolo, 53
Mestre (Ve)

Cavarzano Carni
Via Vittorio Veneto, 230
Belluno

La Coop di Lamosano
Via della Conciliazione, 161
Lamosano (Bl)

Gianni De March
Via Cal Vecia, 7
Tambre (Bl)

Fedalto
Via Caneve, 16
Mestre (Ve)

Fratelli Mazzaro
Via Zermanese, 48 B
Mogliano Veneto (Tv)

Fabio Furlan
Via Fabio Filzi, 48
Istrana (Tv)

Gusto & Fantasia
Piazza Wagner
Milano

Macelleria Breda
Piazza Roma, 16 B
Sarmede (Tv)

Il Piacere della Carne
Via Lanzaghe, 34
Silea (Tv)

Stecca
Borgo Cavour, 4
Treviso

Contacts

Coordinator
Zaccaria Tona
Tel. +39 334 6006857 
zack2036@alice.it

Slow Food Coordinator
Luca Pessot
Tel. +39 335 284634
luca.pessot@virgilio.it

Territory

StateItaly
RegionVeneto

Other info

CategoriesBreeds and animal husbandry