The Maison du Manger: A new place dedicated to events around food and agriculture
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The Toulouse town hall continues its ambition of Make quality accessible to all , inaugurating on February 4 the "House of Eating" located at the heart of Candie . This place of meetings, seminars and conferences finds a place on the vineyard, alongside the tavern, the shop, and the cellar.
At the heart of the Candie domain H2>
Property of the Toulouse town hall since 1975, the Candie domain is an essential cog in the agricultural and food policy . Clear to the four corners of Toulouse (including the domain of Candie), 250 hectares of agricultural land is cultivated according to agro-ecological principles: wheat, barley, legumes ... organic and local products which are intended for 90% for collective kitchens of the territory (canteens and senior restaurants). Two hectares in organic farming since 2014, on which two ranges of wine are vinified and bottled. There is also on site a shop accessible to those who would like to obtain products from the field : pulses, shells, flour, grape juice ... and since 2023, the ephemeral restaurant "Les Jardins de Candie" offers in a tapewer fresh and local products, and festive animations from June to September.
"The idea of this field is to make the link between the metropolis and rurality. It was to work with the territories, and to see with rural players how to structure the sectors (collective catering ...) so that they feed the metropolis" "everything we produce here, we transform it by farmers" Jean-Jacques Bolzan, assistant to the town hall of Toulouse Eat.
A freshly renovated master's house H2>
beautiful 18th century building, The Maison du Bien Dining can accommodate up to 120 people in his five rooms Bright, air -conditioned, equipped with video projector. The events and conferences that stand there affect transverse themes: Taste Education, Information on agricultural and food trades, gastronomy, oenology, fight against food waste, access to healthy food for all.
The objective of this new place: to make the link between the rural and urban world " by offering a place to bring together producers, restaurateurs, logisticians, wholesalers, associations, institutional areas, grocery stores, grocery stores ...
For the deputy mayor, the awareness of the importance of a good diet with the youngest is a priority: "We advocate education at school for school . O n will initiate this here with Toulouse schools, leisure centers, CLAE ". Professional cuisine gives the possibility " to organize educational workshops, or to cook on site after a meeting ... ".
of events will animate the house of the well-eat : an open day on April 27, the harvest festival on September 7, outdoor cinema entertainment ...
To read also: < HREF = "/2024/10/31/Le-Verger-de-Candie-a-15-Minutes-du-Capitolete-de-Pommes-Bio-A-Prix-Imbatable-12292514. PHP "> The Candie orchard: 15 minutes from the Capitol, picking organic apples at unbeatable prices
a strong potential still to be exploited on the domain H2>
other spaces may well see the light of day in the coming years:" We will not stop there! Behind, we have old stables which are in their juice, the castle to redevelop, the chai to renovate with a floor surface of 1000m2 ... We will work on a strategy to make a proposal on the next mandate ".
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