Ourense / Opportunities and challenges
Sustainable Food Lab at the market One of the most innovative projects promoted by Ourense Municipality is to implement a ‘Local Unit of Food and Nutrition’ in collaboration Ourense University’s curriculums in Food Science & Technology, Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Science. This so-called ‘Unit’ is not precisely defined yet. It intends to provide quality training, information […]
Ourense / food and sustainability
The food project in Ourense started in January 2011. Traditionally, the city use to have a strong culture in growing food with a majority of farmers. After war with the raise of tertiary, working population has turned to be townsmen and agriculture activity has progressively decreased. Nevertheless, land is still there and hopefully has kept all […]
Ourense / Main characteristics
Ourense is a medium-sized city in the Northwest of Spain, next to Portugal’s borders. It is located in the confluence of rivers Miño and Barbaña. The urbanised high density downtown is surrounded by a peri-urban zone plenty of forest areas. Natural city borderline are mountains covered by chestnut trees, pines and eucalyptus. Those lands are currently […]