Overview
- Officials showcased the Gastrosàvies initiative on Nov. 24 at Món Sant Benet, where more than 250 participant grandmothers gathered and the agriculture chief Òscar Ordeig addressed the launch.
- Fundació Alícia leads the project with the regional agriculture department, after three months of fieldwork across multiple comarcas that included 18 sessions with volunteer home cooks.
- Organizers report hundreds of traditional recipes have been documented, with 368 filtered entries now accessible on the department’s website and a dozen video recipes released on Sept. 15.
- Ordeig said a Catalan food law is expected within months and described plans to tie the new strategy to Gastrosàvies.
- The program elevates often overlooked women custodians of culinary knowledge and promotes seasonal, affordable, locally sourced dishes with minimal processing and conscious reuse.