CoRFiLaC, Consorzio Ricerca Filiera Lattiero-Casearia, , CoRFiLaC fom June 27th to July
2nd celebrates the fi fth edition of Cheese Art, that will take place in the historical
Castle of Donnafugata, in Ragusa. Cheese Art is a Biennial Event of Culture and Science
dedicated to Traditional Dairy products of Mediterranean Countries.
Th e main purpose of this event is to valorize the Production System and the Dairy and
Agricultural Food Products of
Mediterranean Countries. This valorization takes into consideration not only the products,
but also the man that produces them. It is the man who harmonizes and dominates the
natural biodiversity factors, which intrinsically are part of the territory. That is why
we speak of Revival of the Territory through Revival of the Taste.
Cheese Art wants to be one of the most important destination for those travelers who
want to know the real Sicily, land of culture that manufactures products originating from
a synthesis of experience and passion; products that excite the consumers for their
uniqueness, aroma, fl avor and colors, all of which are expression of a sunny and strong
land. The best of the Sicilian and Mediterranean productions will be on display at Cheese
Art 2006 for buyers, national and international operators, press, TV networks, researchers
and travelers.
From testimonies and refl ections that have characterized the history of Cheese Art,
CoRFiLaC has decided to contribute to the defense of the rural culture, the traditions of
lands often abandoned by young people in search of a more alluring life, frequently devoid
of content. After a series of researches and analyses, CoRFiLaC has decided that the main
protagonists of Cheese Art 2006 will be “Women, Young and Elders.” In details:
Women’s Role in the Development of Emerging Countries:
“Wisdom”
Young People, Consumers of the Th ird Millennium:
“Hope”
The Elders, Conscious Consumers of Today:
“Experience”
General Program CheeseART 2006
Scientific Conferences
Women’s Role in the Development of Emerging Countries
Communication and Development
High Technology Serving Rural Areas
Ethnic Rural Identities and Globalization
Cultural Marketing: a Global Opportunity
Professional Women Opportunity - PWO
World’s Traditional Cheeses
History Technologies and Locations
Food Safety and Traditional Cheeses’ Certification
Advanced Scientific Technologies to Study Tradition’s Complex Processes
From the Land to the Table: Consumers in Search of the “Lost Taste”
Consumers’ Expectations Scientific Research Contribution
Contribution of the World of Production and Services
Communication Network Contribution
Relational Tourism: the Traveler
Seminars
Gesualdo Bufalino and (His) Sicily
The Youth’s Diet of the Th ird Millennium Compared to That of the Farmers’
Children of Sometime Ago: Obesity Risk
Farmer’s Diet and Third Age
Exciting Beer: A Voyage Th rough the History and Culture of the Beer in the Mediterranean
Ricotta Cheese: A Poem of Its Own
Cities of Cheese
Food Culture
“Parlamento del Gusto”
“I Sapori in Grotta”
Timeless Traditional Food & Lounge Bar
Tasting Cheese
Wine, Beer and Cheese Bar
Jazz, Pizza-Cheese & Beer
Market and Food Crafts
Outdoor Markets
Cities of Cheese
Historical Food Crafts
Live Cheese-making of Historical Sicilian Cheeses
Competition for “Cheese-maker” and “Affineur”
Other Cultural Events
Re-reading Gesualdo Bufalino
Food and Cinema
Photography and Painting Contest
Puppet Theater
“Wien – Wein,” Shepherds’ and Women’s Songs
Dance Concert with Fingers
Buskers: Street Artists experience wisdom hope
The Main Topics of Enogastronomy
Sicilian Ricotta Cheese
Craft Beers
Mediterranean Traditional Cheeses
Photography Exhibitions
Besides the memories tied to the taste of Mediterranean products, CoRFiLaC wants to fi x
in the mind of the travelers imagines of people, places, customs, territories and
countries that possess a wealth of traditions to be able to stimulate the need of
traveling towards those destinations. During Cheese Art 2006 there will be a photography
exhibition by Umberto Agnello on “Volti dei Casari/Images of Cheese-makers;” one
exhibition will be dedicated to emerging countries, among which India and Africa; and
another on the sunny Sicilian country-side.
Scientifi c Conferences and Seminars will be dedicated to the Main Cheese Art topics,
“Women, Young and Elders,” in order to investigate the importance of the three
fi gures, as protagonists of the recovery, qualifi cation and valorization of historical
productions in rural Mediterranean World and Emerging Countries.
Cheese Art constitutes a great opportunity to work with intellectual authorities
interested in the same themes, to define a shared strategy for permanent projects that
CoRFiLaC has decided to direct. Among these, there is the project “Professional Women
Opportunity”, PWO, that will be presented during Cheese Art 2006, and whose strategic
philosophy is to create a “place” of thought, know-how, cultural exchange, as
well as a place of interaction for the technical and scientific aspects to be located at
the CoRFiLaC facility. Th is place will allow women of developing countries to have a
permanent center of reference supporting their growth and their needs.
Together with the main themes, Cheese Art 2006 will host a number of established events,
orientated toward cultural recognition and promotion of traditional agricultural and food
products. Th erefore, there will be events that in the past editions had a big success
such as: Parlamento del Gusto, Sapori in Grotta, Tasting Cheese, Historical Food Crafts,
Cheese Bar, Live Cheese-making of Historical Sicilian Cheeses, Sicilian Ricotta, Cities of
Cheese, Competitions for Cheese-maker and Affi neur, Exciting Beer and Jazz, Pizza-Cheese
& Beer.
In addition, Cheese Art 2006 will off er to the visitors an extraordinary space, the court
of the Castle of Donnafugata, dedicated to the Outdoor Market: a journey through the
spices of the classical “Suk of Med”, through the vegetables which grow in the
torrents, the homemade preserves, the street traders of cheeses, salami and fi sh and,
finally, the Street Food. The cultural highlight of Cheese Art 2006 will consist in the
celebration of events dedicated to the Sicilian author Gesualdo Bufalino, marking the 10th
anniversary of his death.
