Ester Garriga: "I like capturing the landscape in a jar"
Ester Garriga is the beekeeper at Mels Cal Pastoret (Moià), a curious and active woman who has been raising bees and collecting honey for ten years. She works mainly in the forests of Moianès and Bages, but thanks to the transhumant hives she transports to the Pyrenees and other locations, she can follow the natural rhythm of the flowering seasons.
Interest in the world of bees entered Ester Garriga's life as a simple hobby when, a decade ago, she bought three hives from a colleague. Today, Ester manages twenty apiaries, each consisting of around twenty boxes. The thousands of bees she cares for have become the central focus of her professional dedication, an apicultural project that she combines with other agricultural jobs.
Joan Carulla is one of the leading figures of urban agriculture in Barcelona. This seasoned ecologist and naturist is an advocate for the urgent greening of cities. He certainly practices what he preaches: the kitchen garden he tends on the rooftop…
Les Arnaules is a privately-owned vegetable-growing company located in Manresa’s Viladordis district. Alba Casasayas, a member of the family’s youngest generation, joined the team four years ago and combines her enthusiasm for working the land with…
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The land bank expert explains the details of a crucial tool for reclaiming abandoned fields and attracting young agricultural entrepreneurs.
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We talk to the director of Can Serrat, a space for coexistence and co-working in an old renovated farmhouse in El Bruc.
The musician who led the rock band Gossos for many years invites us to discover Irehom, a shared workspace he co-founded in the Montserrat Rural Park.
This graduate in Education Sciences is the current manager of the Intercounty Socioeconomic Initiatives Consortium and the main promoter of Cowocat Rural, a cooperation project in which the 11 Local Action Groups of Catalonia participate.
The resident of Igualada holds a doctorate in biology and serves as the president of Eixarcolant, a cooperative entity working towards the recovery of traditional agricultural varieties and edible wild species.
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