Pastor for a day: experiences to get closer to an ancient profession
Cristina Grañena The rural exodus of the mid-20th century caused many people, especially young people, to leave the countryside for the city in search of what was then understood to be a "better future." These people had grown up among sheep and lambs, goats and goats, pigs and piglets, but neither their children nor their grandchildren would have contact with that world from which they fled. Decades later, with generations that do not know, for example, that cheese is seasonal (How can that be? If it is in the supermarket all year round!), the desire to travel to the roots returns. Once considered "hillbillies" and today understood as "authentic." Although many of us do not know it, surely if we scratch a little in the family biography, a grandmother, uncle or great-grandfather appears who was a shepherd or shepherd. It has always been said that it is a sacrificial profession , that the animals eat every day, that it takes many hours.A picture that contrasts with the idyllic photograph of the shepherd lying on the grass, sleeping or reading (or currently, looking at social networks and answering emails), while eating his flock. Shepherd with sheep Shepherd with sheep. By JHG At the end of the day, it's a little bit of everything. And even more so for the few remaining shepherds Colombia Mobile Number List who continue to practice extensive livestock farming, that is, they do not keep the animals locked up and eating feed, but instead go out every day - or almost every day - to graze in the open air. Does this world catch your attention? Have you always wondered how a single shepherd can manage a flock of sheep? What is the role of sheepdogs? What do sheep eat? When do they give milk? More and more ranchers are complementing the work of their ancient trade with an experiential activity that consists of being a shepherd for a day . How to be a pastor for a day How to be a pastor for a day.
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Fran A proposal to get closer to an ancestral work as a family, with your partner or with a group of friends, which is normally complemented with cheese-making workshops or tastings . One way to help improve the profitability of a profession that is much more than a business is traditional wisdom and care for the mountains and the rural environment. A day shepherding with values in the interior of Castellón Jordi Benages Jordi Benages. By Formatge de Pastor La Planeta Jordi Benages is a 33-year-old young man who has been grazing Lacaune sheep for more than ten years in the mountains of Xert , a rural area 30 kilometers from the municipality of Morella , bordering the regions of Ports and Maestrat, in the interior of Castellón. If something characterizes the small family business that he manages with his father, Joan Benages, it is that they are one of the few that do it all in the Valencian Community : they graze the herd with care every day on certified organic seasonal pastures, they milk in season, They make their own artisan cheeses with their own milk (they also make cottage cheese) and market their own products.
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