Festival of the Marrone del Chiese

First edition of the festival dedicated to the chestnut with lunch, guided tours and roasted chestnuts.

PROGRAMME:

9.45am: greetings from municipal and provincial authorities.

10.00am: conference "La castanicoltura del Chiese: una risorsa per l'economia, il territorio e la comunità".

Speakers:

• "The resilient chestnut tree, what prospects for productive valorisation?"
  Alberto Manzo - Ministry of Agriculture Food Sovereignty and Forestry
• "The ancient Italian chestnut cultivars; a high quality heritage for the recovery of abandoned farmland". 
  Massimo Giambastiani - Institute for Chestnut Documentation and Forest Research
• "Pruning the 100-year old chestnut tree"
  Fulvio Viesi - President of the Castione Chestnut Protection Association
• "Chestnut groves in the Chiese valley, a naturalistic survey referring to habitats and species of EU directives".
  Luca Bronzini - Forestry Technician
• "The Valle del Chiese Chestnut Protection Association".
  Massimiliano Luzzani - President of the Valle del Chiese Chestnut Protection Association

Moderator: Walter Nicoletti

12.30pm: lunch with encore of chestnut-based first courses or polenta and spit (fee € 15.00 and by reservation by Friday, October 13 at 0465 686614).
A portion of roasted chestnuts or boiled marroni served in the afternoon is included with lunch.

From 2.00pm: guided tours of the nursery in Sorino. Every year, the nursery run by the Associazione Tutela Castagno Valle del Chiese hosts the plants of the 'Marrone del Chiese' variety destined for planting on local land. At the nursery, which can be reached on foot from the venue in just a few minutes, volunteers from the Association will be present to present the project. The walking tour will also allow visitors to appreciate the recent recovery of a very extensive chestnut cultivated area with an interesting landscape impact.

From 3.00pm: roasted chestnuts and boiled marroni accompanied by Valle del Chiese chestnut beer and wines from the Cantina di Toblino winery

With the participation of:
Al Mangia | Luzzani gastronomic workshop | Salvotelli confectionery | Dolce Peccato confectionery | Leder craft brewery 

The day will be enlivened by the musical notes of the singer Rosanna and Oscar's accordion.

TARIFF: 
Free entrance. Lunch on payment (€15,00) and reservation by Friday 13th October at 0465 686614.

ACCESSIBILITY:
The event has the essential conditions to allow any person to access and enjoy it independently.

USEFUL INFO: 
During the event, it will be possible to buy marroni del Chiese chestnuts, marroni flour sweets and other local products in the Agri '90 shop.
The event will also be held in case of bad weather in the covered, heated facility.
Free parking spaces in the vicinity.