Caprauna Turnip

Slow Food Presidium

Italy

Piedmont

Vegetables and vegetable preserves

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Caprauna Turnip

Caprauna is in the Upper Tanaro Valley, at an altitude of around 900 meters, on the border between Piedmont and Liguria. The area is distinguished by extensive ancient dry-stone terraces, reaching up to altitudes of 1,200 meters. In past centuries, these made it possible to grow wheat, barley, rye and oats in deep, calcium-rich soil. After the wheat had been harvested at the end of the summer, the farmers would fertilize the soil with manure and sow turnips. Thanks to the high altitude and cool, damp climate, the plants flourished, producing turnips with a particularly delicate flavor throughout the winter. Caprauna turnips are large and sweet and have distinctive yellow flesh.

Season

The harvest lasts from September to January

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The Presidium wants to promote a humble vegetable with excellent sensory characteristics, to increase its cultivation on the already-existing terraces and to restore the damaged terraces. the Presidium wnats also to launch initiatives to encourage anyone who wants to return to this type of cultivation or even those who just want to come back to live in the villages of the Upper Tanaro Valley.

Production area
Caprauna and Alto Municipalities, Cuneo Province

Presidium supported by
Consortium for the promotion and preservation of typical products of the Upper Tanaro valley dell’Alta Val Tanaro.
Producers
L’isola di Capra Unica
di Luca Andrea Marazzini
Via San Rocco
Caprauna (Cn)
Tel. +39 347 1281124
luca@spaziumani.com
www.capraunica.org

Rifugio Pian dell’Arma
di Giulia Rolando
Via San Rocco, 9
Caprauna (Cn)
Tel. +39 353 4088728
rifugio@leterrebianche.it
www.leterrebianche.it

Le Tre Gi
di Donatella Ferraris
Regione Larò
Ortovero (Sv)
Tel. +39 347 0480024
aziendaagricolaletregi@gmail.com
Slow Food Presidium Producers’ Coordinator
Donatella Ferraris
Tel. +39 347 0480024
aziendaagricola.letregi@gmail.com

Slow Food Presidium Coordinator
Andrea Blangetti
Tel. +39 339 1231655
andy.blangy@gmail.com
The Presidium wants to promote a humble vegetable with excellent sensory characteristics, to increase its cultivation on the already-existing terraces and to restore the damaged terraces. the Presidium wnats also to launch initiatives to encourage anyone who wants to return to this type of cultivation or even those who just want to come back to live in the villages of the Upper Tanaro Valley.

Production area
Caprauna and Alto Municipalities, Cuneo Province

Presidium supported by
Consortium for the promotion and preservation of typical products of the Upper Tanaro valley dell’Alta Val Tanaro.
Producers
L’isola di Capra Unica
di Luca Andrea Marazzini
Via San Rocco
Caprauna (Cn)
Tel. +39 347 1281124
luca@spaziumani.com
www.capraunica.org

Rifugio Pian dell’Arma
di Giulia Rolando
Via San Rocco, 9
Caprauna (Cn)
Tel. +39 353 4088728
rifugio@leterrebianche.it
www.leterrebianche.it

Le Tre Gi
di Donatella Ferraris
Regione Larò
Ortovero (Sv)
Tel. +39 347 0480024
aziendaagricolaletregi@gmail.com
Slow Food Presidium Producers’ Coordinator
Donatella Ferraris
Tel. +39 347 0480024
aziendaagricola.letregi@gmail.com

Slow Food Presidium Coordinator
Andrea Blangetti
Tel. +39 339 1231655
andy.blangy@gmail.com

Territory

StateItaly
RegionPiedmont