FORNI & FORNAI•E 2022

 PROGRAM

Saturday 21st

  • In May, we play music for the grains in our valleys, as a wish for its flowering after the passing of April. We open our festival with a ballad for the wheat fields played by the violins of e bene venga maggio.

    After, we will have breakfast with the products of the Comunità Grano Alto.

    location: Campi di Alessandro, Via Santa Margherita 30, 40050 Loiano

  • Agronomists and farmers will guide us in observing and comparing 21 evolutionary wheat populations from all over the country.

    lead by

    Stefano Benedettelli, UNIFI

    Sara Bosi, UNIBO

    Salvatore Ceccarelli, genetista/plant breeder

    Stefania Grando, genetista/plant breeder

    Cristina Piazza, Agraria Sperimentale Stuard

    Oriana Porfiri, genetista/plant breeder

    Alessandro Ropa, Comunità Grano Alto

    Alessandra Sommovigo, CREA - DC

    location: Ca’ di Tonione, Loiano

    notes: Wheat should be blooming: long sleeves, long pants, hat, antihistamines are recommended in case of allergies

  • Guided tour of a biological soil profile by physically coming into contact with the layers that compose it.

    Guides: Ciro Gardi and the soil specialists of the I.TER cooperative

    Participation: free

    location: Alessandro's Fields, Ca’ di Tonione, via Roncobertolo 2, Loiano

    Notes: long sleeves, long pants, hat, antihistamines recommended

  • Starting from 12:30 pm it will be possible to have lunch with the products of the High Grains Community in the main street of Monghidoro. Until 3 pm.

  • Official opening and welcoming speeches by

    Matteo Calzolari, Comunità Grano Alto

    Barbara Nappini, Presidente Slow food Italia

    Barbara Panzacchi, Sindaca Monghidoro

    location: Cloister of the cistern, Monghidoro

  • Cereal populations: operational and regulatory aspects of seed production

    An overview of recent regulations on organic seeds with

    Matteo Petitti, Rete Semi Rurali

    Alessandra Sommovigo, CREA - DC

    Rosario Floriddia, Azienda Agricola Biologica Floriddia

    For farmers and seed companies

    Curated by Rete Semi Rurali and Open Fields as part of the Breed4bio project

    Participation: free, max 30

    Duration: 1.5 hours

    Location: TBD

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  • Lab to explore the bases and foundations of an agricultural approach that is part of agroforestry.

    curated by I.TER cooperative

    location: tbd

    participation: 30 seats max – 20 euro

    duration: 1,5 h

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  • In the limited territories of Forlì-Cesena and Rimini provinces, an organic supply chain is being created, and it includes all the phases of seed production and those related to the use of millstone grains, so as to allow the maintenance of a cereal population (the result of research) and to increase income for all actors along the supply chain.

    Scientific director: Prof. Dinelli Uni BO

    Partner: CAC, Unibo_Distal, Ri.Nova (Ex CRPV), Organica, ARCOIRIS S.R.L., Molino Pransani, Forno Cappeletti & Bongiovanni, Azienda Agricola Cerbara (S.Agata Feltria Rimini), Azienda Agricola Pratiffi (S.Agata Feltria Rimini), Dinamica (Ente di Formazione)

    Introduction - Stefania Delvecchio – Ri.Nova

    Moderatore - Antonio Lo Fiego - ARCOIRIS

    Sara Bosi - Distal UniBo

    Stefano Balestri – CAC

    Stefano Pransani - Mulino Pransani

    Marco Briganti - consulente Mulino Pransani

    Fabio Cappelletti - Forno Cappelletti & Bongiovanni

    Matteo Vittuari - Distal UniBo

    Lucio Cavazzoni - BioDistretto Appennino Bolognese

    Location: TBD

    Participation: free registration

    Duration: 1.5 hours

  • The bread lab for children is organized by the High Grains Community and curated by Fancesco Monari in collaboration with the Slow Food Education Community Alimentae. With the participation of the Slow Food Youth Network Volunteers.

    Participation: 5€

    Duration: 2 hours

  • A living and healthy soil is the first ally of biodiversity and important in combating climate change. What tools do we all have in our hands?

    speakers

    Paolo Barberi, Università Sant'Anna di Pisa

    Abby Rose, Farmerama Podcast (UK)

    Stefano Tavoletti, Università delle Marche

    Carla Scotti, cooperativa I.TER

    intro and moderation Ciro Gardi, EFSA

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    location: Cloister of the Cistern, Monghidoro

    lingua: Italian and English, with translation

    participation: free

  • In-depth study of flours, from field cultivation to milling techniques, together with a miller-farmer and a specialized technician.

    For professional bakers or home baker enthusiasts

    With Stefano Pransani (Molino Pransani) and Marco Briganti (Mulini Partisani)

    Location: Mulino Poggiolone, Loiano

    Participation: max 30 seats - 20 euro

    Duration: 1.5 hours

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  • Since 2022, the High Grains Community has been managing a field owned by the municipality of Monghidoro that was uncultivated for years. We analyzed the soil in its current state to compare it in a few years with the cultivated and cared for soil.

    Soil analysis and chromatography by Enrico Gabrielli and Ciro Gardi

    For farmers, local administrators, short supply chains

    location: porch of Cloister of Cistern

    participation: free

  • Collective dinner in the "square" of Monghidoro to support the Comunità Grano Alto. Limited seats available, price info and menu on TICKETS section.

    Music of the valleys and tales from the mountains curated by "e bene venga maggio" and Dina Staro.

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Sunday 22nd

  • For those who have always wanted to learn how to make bread and for those who already know how to do it, but want to get rid of that doubt that doesn't unravel: a bakery workshop from start to finish!

    PART 1 – 9 am: we get familiar with the flours, the sourdough (lievito madre), the tools and we learn to knead by hand.

    PART 2 – 1 pm: we learn how to shape the bread and prepare it for resting in the basket.

    PART 3 – 4:30 pm: let's learn how to bake bread with the “falling” cooking method.

    for home bakers and bread enthusiasts

    curated by Karen Lopes & Christina Ermilio

    location: Forno di Calzolari lab

    participation: 8 seats – 30 euro

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  • Guided reflection on the choices underlying the production of a panettone. How can we free ourselves from the global market?

    For bakers and millers

    with Forno Calzolari & Molino Pransani and graphic support by Housatonic

    location: tbd

    participation: 30 seats max – 20 euro

    duration: 1,5 h

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  • The choices of the world to feed itself. From the small scale of seeds to government policies under the flag of ecological transition: false myths to dispel. Which roads lead to a true food democracy?

    speakers

    Salvatore Ceccarelli, Geneticist

    Cristina Micheloni, Agronomist

    Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Policy Maker

    Tomaso Ferrando, Legal Expert

    Davide Longoni, Baker

    location: Cloister of the cistern, Monghidoro

    participation: libera

  • How can we code the experience that bakers and millers process over time?

    For bakers, millers, homebakers

    curated by UK Grain Lab (Kimberly Bell and Matteo Serpi) and Comunità Grano Alto with graphic support of Housatonic

    location: tbd

    participation: max 30 seats - 20 seats

    language: Italian and English, with translation

    duration: 1.5 hours

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  • Starting from 12:30 pm it will be possible to have lunch with the products of the High Grains Community in the main street of Monghidoro. Until 3 pm.

  • The lexicon we use. From the fascist lexicon of ancient grains, to the colonial appropriation of African varieties, from the privatization of patents on seeds, to the watchwords that marketing and war impose on us: experimenting with re-appropriation practices on the lexicon of wheat and bread today.

    For everyone

    with Sara Pellegrini and graphic facilitation by Housatonic

    location: TBD

    participation: max 30 seats - 20 euro

    language: Italian

    duration: 1.5 hours

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  • The bread lab for children is organized by the High Grains Community and curated by Fancesco Monari in collaboration with the Slow Food Education Community Alimentae. With the participation of the Slow Food Youth Network Volunteers.

    Participation: 5€

    Duration: 2 hours

  • From Forni&Fornai•e to Sementìa to Terra madre, all the moments of exchange for our networks

    with

    Mimmo Pontillo, Slow Grains

    Matteo Calzolari / Silvia Bonzio, Comunità Grano Alto

    location: Chiostro della cisterna

    participation: free

  • Many communities, scattered around the world, have sprung up around wheat, which are faced with similar challenges and reasons for happiness. Comparing experiences from England to the Apennines and Salento.

    panelists

    Kimberly Bell, Small Food Bakery & UK Grains Lab (UK)

    Silvia Bonzio, Comunità dei Grani Alti (IT)

    Casa delle Agricolture (IT)

    moderation Antonio Pellegrino

    location: Piazza della Cisterna, Monghidoro

    participation: free

    lingua: Italian and English, with translation

  • How much does bread cost and what are the visible and invisible costs of an ethical supply chain? From the recent context of rising world prices for wheat and derivatives, to the equitable distribution of wages and income throughout the supply chain, we reason about the fair price of a loaf of bread and the measures needed to ensure that it is accessible to all.

    For everyone, bakers, millers, farmers, consumers, businesses

    with Tomaso Ferrando and graphic support by Housatonic

    location: tbd

    participation: 30 seats max – 20 euro

    duration: 1,5 h

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  • Collective baking of bread from the hand-kneading laboratory and official closing of the festival.

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