The Slow Food Association has provided us with a questionnaire to investigate the local characters of agricultural production in the areas where the activities are carried out. It is a document that can be applied also elsewhere, useful to emphasize characters that must not be neglected when examining a terraced area. (Click at the bottom of the page to download the English version)

From the questionnaire:

"HOW TO FILL OUT THIS FORM

The aim of this questionnaire is to gather detailed information about current food production in areas of the Alpter project. Slow Food will evaluate the questionnaires and eventually ask for further information.
Agriculture is fundamental to imagining a productive future for the mountainous zones interested in terracing. Under the direction of Slow Food, the purpose of this questionnaire is to discover which products could be re-evaluated and promoted. Thus, it is important to thoroughly consider all local resources. After all the forms have been gathered, the partners of the Alpter project will draw up a report listing high quality traditional products from terraced alpine zones.
A ’traditional’ product is one that is linked to the history and identity of a community: it could be a plant variety, an ecotype or a population. It could be a native animal breed, or a breed that is has become well adapted to an area over a period of at least 100 years. ’Typical’ means a product that, though not necessarily traditional, has been grown or raised so extensively that it now characterizes the zone of production.

Who to Interview

Keep in mind that it is best to interview as many people as possible: technicians (agronomists, enologists, functionaries who work in agricultural assistance in general), local historians, local enogastronomic journalists, chefs, officials of agricultural associations, and above all in small areas, the farmers themselves..."