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The Association
Who are we?
The Association of Local Varieties is a non-profit organization that was established in 2002 based on the proposal of farmers, technicians and scholars of the agrobiodiversity of the Balearic Islands, and that works mostly in Mallorca.
The entity works for the recovery of local varieties of vegetables, legumes, cereals and fruit trees, as well as farmer knowledge that are associated with it.
It promotes the promotion of production and conservation of cultivated biodiversity, and the collective management of agrobiodiversity as the heritage of the people.
It is part of Seed Network: Replanting and Interchanging, a network of entities with common objectives at the state level.
the assembly
The members' assembly is the supreme body of the Association. It meets annually, in the first quarter of the year, when the activities carried out in the previous year are explained, accounts are given and the general lines to be followed by the entity are debated.
The board of directors
It is the management and decision-making body, made up of people and/or representatives of companies or cooperatives, which is renewed every 4 years. It is currently made up of:
Andreu Adrover
president
Technical agricultural engineer, very passionate about cultivated agrobiodiversity and native breeds of animals, such as the Majorcan chicken. He holds the position of president and is also a farmer of the seed multiplier network.
Toni Feliu
Vice President
Agroecological farmer, great defender of agrobiodiversity and native breeds. He holds the position of vice president and farmer of the network of eco seed multipliers.
Andrea Cardona
secretary
A biologist by training, she has great admiration for nature and biodiversity. Currently, he is dedicated to education with a special interest in agroecology and food sovereignty. She has the position of secretary and also helps with volunteer work.
Pep Rossello
TREASURER
Agronomist, activist for sovereignty and the defense of aboriginal agricultural, cultural and environmental heritage.
Catalina Sebastià
vocal
Natural resource management technician and environmental educator. Committed to the protection of the natural environment and especially wild plants and local varieties. Passionate about ethnobotany, its research and dissemination.
Michelangelo Lobo
vocal
Environmental educator and agroeco farmer. Manager and farmer of the sa Vall de la Nou farm of the Estel de Llevant Foundation. He has worked at the GOB as an environmental educator and at Apaema as an educator, advisor and trainer of school, urban and ecosocial gardens. Seed multiplier of the association of the year 2015.
Mireia Sisquella
vocal
Technical agricultural engineer, passionate about nature, wild plants and local varieties.
Toni Calafell
vocal
Technical agricultural engineer, technician of the Balearic Council for Ecological Agricultural Production (CBPAE). Great fan of local varieties of fruit trees and specifically cherry trees. Recoverer and conservator of local cherry varieties. He is a member of the organization and farmer of the network of eco seed multipliers.
Xavier Moratinos
VOCAL
Retired school teacher and part-time farmer. It is a producer of wheat and markets its flour. He is also very interested in sweet garlic oak grafting. He holds the position of treasurer of the entity.
Maria Eulalia Adrover
vocal
Farmer. On the Can Polla farm, in Felanitx, the whole family preserves local varieties of cereals and native breeds such as the Mallorcan sheep and the Mallorcan black pig.
The workers
They carry out the daily tasks of the association, which include the realization of the various projects, as well as the management and organization of the entity.
Aina Socies
Degree in Environmental Sciences and master's degree in Agroecology.
Bel Mozo
Degree in Geography and Higher Degree of FP in Landscaping and Rural Environment.
Daniel Martinez
Technician in agroecological production and higher technician in education and environmental control. Passionate about nature, horticulture, native breeds and traditional knowledge.
Sebastià Grimalt
Graduated in Agri-Food and Rural Environment Engineering.
what do we do
Informative talks
On the importance of conserving, cultivating and consuming local varieties, and related topics.
Practical workshops
Related to our work, such as seed extraction, planting of local varieties, seed conservation, creation of germplasm banks...
Training days in schools
Through practical workshops and also with teacher training.
Courses
For professionals, technicians, agricultural cycle students, people interested in agriculture, etc. These courses deal with specific topics in relation to agrobiodiversity and local varieties.
Tastings of local varieties
It is important to know and value local varieties not only from the point of view of production, but also from the point of view of consumption, which is key to the maintenance of these varieties. That's why we organize tastings of local varieties, where you can check their organoleptic quality (flavor, smell, color, texture...) and their diversity.
We recover varieties
That are no longer in the fields or that are at risk of genetic erosion and we value them in order to introduce them to the market.
We multiply
The vegetable and leguminous seeds of local varieties through the network of multiplier farmers in their organic farms.
Let's spread the word
The seeds multiplied in different stores so that the maximum number of consumers can acquire them and continue to reproduce.
We preserve
All those varieties that we multiply, sowing them, collecting them and packaging them.
Research works
Such as agronomic and organoleptic characterizations to assess the commercial viability of local varieties and to know consumer acceptance.
Pilot projects
Like the innovation in the cleaning techniques of cereals of local and ecological varieties.
Impact on public policies
We hold meetings with political representatives to inform them of the importance of local varieties, both in terms of conservation, and above all in the promotion of their cultivation and consumption, as cultural and agronomic heritage of the territory.
*We are open to hosting and supporting work and studies related to our activity (company internships, students and others).
Do you want to collaborate with us? Here you will find how you can help us move forward with the various projects and activities we have underway.