The area of Alba has currently no truffle-bed ON its territory in which to carry out multiple teaching and research activities.
Thanks to the analyses performed on the soil and to the historic memory of the hunters, we have identified a public area inside the Park of San Cassiano, which is highly suited to truffle-growing, in which the local government had already installed a number of signs in 2004 explaining the development of the truffle and its environment
Our commitment is to realise the Truffle bed, by cleaning the soil, planting new mychorrizal plants and placing a fence to border and protect the area which will be about 1,000 square meters.
Furthermore, in the remaining municipal park of Park San Cassino new mychorrizal plants will be planted to recreate the favourable conditions to develop the truffle as it happened in the past.
We have already 52 supporters.
Our goal is to identify all the truffle-generating plants and small woods which are still present in several of the hamlets and suburbs around the municipality of Alba.
Each plant and each wood will be photographed and indicated on a specific map which we will unveil at the 2016 Autumn Truffle Fair.
The map will be donated to the City of Alba to ensure that all plants are protected by any actions that put their existence and environment at risk.
It is an ambitious project which will require the assistance of all those who believe in protecting the truffle.
