{"id":5571,"date":"2022-07-24T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T08:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eat-life.fundesplai.org\/entrevistem-al-collectiu-eixarcolant\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:01:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T08:01:39","slug":"interviewing-the-eixarcolant-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eat-life.fundesplai.org\/en\/interviewing-the-eixarcolant-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing the Eixarcolant collective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is well known that plants carry out many vital functions, such as holding the substrate or providing oxygen<\/strong>. But there is more: they are an essential source of food<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until not too many years ago, the oral transmission of the uses of plants<\/strong> was essential for our survival because they performed a vital function<\/strong>. In other words, we had to know correctly what particular services the plant species<\/strong> in front of our eyes provided; otherwise, we might even die. Today, on the other hand, such a service is provided without the need for this oral knowledge of older generations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saw all this some time ago, in another article on this website, “Ethnobotany in our towns<\/a>“, which we invite you to read and share if you have not done so yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eixarcolant collective<\/a> has been working along these lines since 2016, aiming to promote a more sustainable, ethical and fair model of food production, distribution, consumption and socio-economic development, using the recovery of wild edible species and traditional agricultural varieties as a tool.<\/strong> To achieve this, they work in a wide range of areas: from research, territorial dynamisation, dissemination and training to consultancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Jana Peters from the Eixarcolant Collective<\/strong> came to visit the Menja Actua Impacta Exhibition<\/a>, in El Prat de Llobregat, and gave us the following interview<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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