Hay milk is now officially an agricultural cultural heritage with global significance

Published Mar 13, 2024

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recognized traditional hay farming in the Austrian Alpine region as an agricultural world cultural heritage site. The recognition was awarded to the ARGE Heumilch, an association of hay milk farmers and dairies in Austria and the Allgäu. The article also highlights individuals from various regions in Austria who are associated with different types of hay, including ground hay, energy hay, Grummet, and Hay (1st cut). This recognition is expected to add value to the hay milk farmers and promote hay milk products.

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Rice terraces in China, wasabi production in Japan, floating gardens in Bangladesh or the olive groves around Assisi in Italy have had one thing in common with the local hay milk since last Saturday - they all belong to the “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems”: In German: to the “agricultural cultural systems of global importance”. On Saturday, March 9th, the coordinator Yoshihide Endo, who is responsible for the Agricultural World Heritage Site at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), traveled to Salzburg from Japan to hand over the letter of recognition to the local hay milk farmers. The celebratory setting for this was the Heugala 2024, for which around 800 participants - mostly hay milk farmers - came to the Salzburg Congress. It was an honor for ARGE Heumilch chairman Karl Neuhofer and managing director Christiane Mösl to be able to welcome Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig on this festive occasion. According to Neuhofer, the ...

Source: Bauernzeitung