PROGRAMME OF THE STUDY-TRIP
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MONDAY, 24th October
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11.00
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Gathering at the Tallinn airport, check-in
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12.40
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Flight to Vieanna
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18.35
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Arrival at Vienna
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19.00
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20.00 (20.30)
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Dinner
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TUESDAY, 25th October
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8.15
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Departure from the hotel
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Visiting Andrea & Georg Blochberger’s dairy farm
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Dairy farm where the ecological milk is being marketed directly and the milk is also used to make ice-cream which is sold in special market in Vienna
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Höller Fleischerei und Schlachthof – small enterprise dealing with meat processing
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Small enterprise dealing with meat processing – the enterprise involves slaughterhouse, meat processing devices and shop. The area’s farmers can bring their animals to the slaughterhouse – bovines, sheep, and pigs. The meat-industry produces 60 different products – most of them are marketed in their own shop.
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Visiting Lindenhof farm
(Liedenhof Familie Eisenkölbl)
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Suckler-cow breeding and calf-meat marketing. The farm production is being sold in different markets and fairs. Once a month a special farm-shop is opened – people can buy meat, half-finished products based on family receipts, ham, fat pork, sausages, local juice and alcohol.
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The farm has a quality-certicate "Gutes vom Bauernhof" which guarantees they originate from one special farm – the product was grown and produced there. More information about the web-site www.gutesvombauernhof.at/steiermark.html
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Mandl goat farm visiting
(Mandl´s Ziegenhof)
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Producing cheese and yoghurt from ecological goat milk.
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Departure to hotel
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Best Western Landhotel Wachau
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Dinner
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WEDNESDAY, 26th October
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8.15
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Departure from hotel
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Distelberger cider farm
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The farm produces juice, cider and high quality fruit-wines out of apples and pears – all this is combined with local food. The pear-wine "Mostviertel Birnmost" received the EU quality mark “Protected Geographical Indication”.
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Protected Geographical Indication, PGI – Similar mark to PDO - Protected Designation of Origin (see below), but the conditions are more opened. The producing and/or processing and/or preparing to market of product are held at the same geographical area. It is enough when one stage of producing is held at defined geographical area. The link of Protected Geographical Indication product with the geographical area can be based on specific characteristics or reputation. Information about the products received the EU products quality marks is available in the database ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/list.html
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Visiting Mohnhof
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Excursion at the poppy growing farm and museum, which is situated in the mountain-area up to 900 meters. Also tasting the local poppy products. The farm has been grown poppies for over 20 years.
The seeds of grey poppy "Waldviertler Graumohn" received the EU quality mark - PDO - Protected Designation of Origin). See the description above.
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The Protected Designation of Origin marks the product, which is grown in a defined region, country, or in a place that has fixed characteristics due to human and environmental factors that are typical for the place. The condition is that the raw-material comes from the defined area and the production, processing and preparations are done in one geographical area. Information about the products received the EU products quality marks is available in the database ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/list.html
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Haubiversum
(Haubi's Bäckerei & Konditorei)
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Bakery where only local and biological raw-material is used. The company started in 1930 as a small family enterprise. Now it has developed into a big industry with 650 employees. The main products are frozen pastries for accommodation and catering enterprises which need short cooking time before serving.
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Departure towards hotel
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Ööbimine Best Western Landhotel Wachau
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Dinner
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THURSDAY, 27 October
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8.15
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Departure from the hotel
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Andrea and Franz Taschl’s dairy farm
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A dairy farm situated up to 600 meters has a magical view. It grows dairy cattle and ecological milk is used to make cheese.
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Departure towards Vienna
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14.00 - 17.00
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Meeting with representatives of Austrian Ministry of Health - Peter-Vitus Stangl (about veterinay) and Carolin Kreijci (overall questions about food safety and implementation of food regulations).
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20.30
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Dinner in winery
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Accommodation in Vienna hotel Ananas
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FRIDAY, 28 October 2011
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8.30
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Departure from hotel to airport
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10.45
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Flight from Vienna
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17.30
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Arrival at Tallinn airport
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