Towards the Earth Market: Celebrating Local Producers and Artisans at the Royal Wood of Capodimonte Garden

On Saturday, March 23, the Royal Wood of Capodimonte Garden hosts the event "Towards the Earth Market": the project, initiated by the Slow Food Convivium of Naples in collaboration with Delizie Reali, lands for the first time in what was once the Bourbon Delight Garden to give voice and visibility to small food producers and artisans who are committed every day to cultivate agricultural excellences with full respect for the environment, the ecosystem, and workers' rights. From 9 am to 3 pm, the court of the Royal Wood Garden will welcome about twelve farmers from the Campania region chosen to present and talk about their organic products that respect the principles of good, clean, and fair promoted by Slow Food. The protagonists will be fresh or processed fruits and vegetables, but also legumes, honey, wine, bread, and numerous local agri-food specialties all offered at fair prices. Great space will be dedicated to products from Slow Food presidia such as the ancient tomato of Naples, the bean of Controne, the papaccelle of Vesuvius, the centogiorni peas, and the pellecchiella apricots of Vesuvius. Also on display will be the early products of the Royal Wood Garden and the Delizie Reali brand products: citrus jams, annurca apple and strawberry jams, tomato sauces, eggplants in oil, and fruit juices. "The enhancement program carried forward with the Delizie Reali Project aims not only to recover, through careful restoration, the ancient cultivars of this productive area but also to develop an innovative, participatory, and self-sustainable management of fruit and vegetable production," says Nunzia Petrecca, CEO of Delizie Reali. "Every day we commit ourselves to protect the biodiversity of the Royal Wood Garden promoting the sustainable use of resources in the view of a new gastronomy based on the protection of the Environment, the respect of crops, and local traditions." "The Royal Wood Garden - says Giovanni Serritelli, president of the Slow Food Convivium of Naples - is the symbol of the historical memory of the Neapolitans, of culture and love for the environment: an ideal space where to buy high-quality products, but also to build community, create exchange and educate." The day aims to involve visitors with playful and recreational activities designed to sensitize those present towards current issues such as biodiversity, nature conservation, and the importance of a healthy and balanced diet. Two workshops are planned: it starts in the company of Giosuè Silvestro, master cheese taster ONAF, who will hold the workshop "The choice of cheeses in catering." Following, a workshop on crafts and creative recycling by the Social Cooperative The Man and the Wood and CuCilento, a project born with the purpose of recycling agricultural materials to create sustainable products. A station in the Royal Wood Garden will be reserved for collecting signatures in support of Regenerate, the regional law against climate change.