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Nowadays almost all the pasta is made with durum wheat, but it can also be made with soft wheat, triticale... The Mediterranean countries farm half the worldwide durum wheat, although there are countries like Canada that export almost all their production, the Mediterranean durum wheat is mainly destined for own consumption. Pasta is a product that gives us many possibilities to maintain the agrarian diversity and to support local agriculture.

How can we do it
  • Let us look for pasta from enterprises buying directly wheat from their own country; let us ask about the origin of the wheat to shopkeepers and to manufacturers. 
  • There are ancient varieties of wheat which farming was abandoned because they are little productive. They have very good nutrition qualities and their use for elaborating pasta is getting popular: spelt, farro or emmer (Italy and also Morocco, Albania, Turkey, Israel...), kamut (Egypt and Middle East), "escanya" or einkorn (France, Italy, Turkey, Morocco...) 

Most wheat is grown according to conventional intensive agriculture model which uses pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers. The mills working with flours that are not ecological are fumigated with chemicals. This model generates abandonment of rural environment and ecological imbalances. Let us choose the pasta which is more respectful with the environment. 

How can we do it
  • The ecological pasta is made with wheat grown ecologically, is elaborated and kept up in a process with less exposure to chemicals and is more restrictive with the use of additives. Some brands sold in quite a lot of countries are: La Terra e il Cielo, Biopasta, La Finestra sul Cielo...
  • Digues la teva
10/06/2010 - 19:29
Keep this in mind!
Pasta is a good source of carbohydrates with many cooking possibilities.

The best options are ecological, whole-grain, or semi whole-grain, and local ones.

Information sources
 Enterprises and organizations of the sector: Barilla, Consell Internacional de Cereals, Flo, Grupo Gallo, Grupo Siro, La Moianesa, Pasta Sala, PDR Sorribas, Pedragosa, Unió dels Industrials de la Pasta Italians, Vegetalia;

research centres: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries d'Espanya, Institut Nacional de Recerca Agronòmica d'Algèria;

magazines: Pimiento Verde, The Ethical Consumer;

books: several authors, L'alimentació mediterrània, Institut Català de la Mediterrània, 1996, D. López i J. A. López: Con la comida no se juega, Traficantes de Sueños 2003;

organizations: Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos, Unió de Pagesos.


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