The Alta Badia of the South Tyrolean Dolomites will establish its Food Forest in the summer of 2021.

This will be a multipurpose cultivation area which will use a system of sustainable agriculture to grow natural food produce as well as permanently absorb carbon dioxide.

Situated in the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alta Badia is committed to protecting the environment and is already promoting other sustainability projects such as WOWnature Alta Badia and Eco-Hiker Alta Badia.

The Food Forest, also known as an 'edible forest"' or a 'forest orchard' will include trees, plants, medicinal and officinal herbs, berries and other fruits.

It will create a sustainable agricultural system that permanently absorbs carbon dioxide and increases alpine biodiversity while at the same time improving soil fertility.

Self-guided walks through the woods, as well as organised trips, will be available.

Along the path there will also be information on how the herbs and fruit produced by the woods are used in local Ladin cooking.

Visitors can get involved with the Food Forest and help to protect the wood by adopting a tree at

www.wownature.eu/areewow/alta-badia-adum

Sustainability and protection of the environment inherent in the activities in Alta Badia.

In addition to the Food Forest, there is the WOWnature Alta Badia project to reforest of the area hit by Storm Vaia.

www.altabadia.org/wownature

Sustainable excursions are run by Eco-Hiker Alta Badia to raise awareness of the Dolomites as a very fragile eco-system.

Participants are accompanied by a local expert and will be provided with gloves, equipment, bio-bags and everything that is required to bring all the waste found along the way in the fields and forests back down to the valley.

www.alta-badia.org/en/calendar/details/alta-badia-eco-hiker

Useful links

​ www.altabadia.org