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Verification of food products through certificates

This year’s Nature-Health Fair introduced a new approach to raising awareness of the visitors and to increasing the visibility of exhibitors and the products presented at the fair. In cooperation with the Slovenian Consumers’ Association we gathered all certificates the exhibitors will entrust to us for their verification.

On the basis of these certificates we prepared a guide through the fair, which was facilitate the visitor’s decision regarding the purchase or merely serve as useful information about which certificates actually stand for quality and suitability.

Presentation of Slovenian indigenous animal species

This year's Nature-Health Fair (6–10 October 2011) included a presentation of 12 livestock breeds, indigenous to Slovenia: Styrian Hen, the Lipizzan, Spectacles Sheep, the Posavje horse, the Istrian Pramenka sheep, Slovenian cold-blood horse, the Bela Krajina Pramenka sheep, Slovenian Cika cattle, the Bovec sheep, the Krško Polje or Black-belted pig, the Drežnica goat and the Carniolan honey bee. The presentation, accompanied by a special programme, was especially interesting for children and young families.

The Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, enlivened the annual fair by the exhibition of live animals of Slovenian origin. The purpose of this joint project was to make wider public more familiar with Slovenian indigenous animal breeds and their products, which the visitors were able to purchase during the fair, and especially to inform visitors about the importance of preserving Slovene natural and cultural heritage these breeds represent.

In addition to the animal exhibition, organic, educational and agritourism farms was present their richly varied offer of different home-made products and projects.

By using the instruction leaflets, children have the opportunity to take a walk through the hall where live animals will be housed, to listen to the experts from the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, and to learn about farms, where they and their parents can spend summer holidays. Organizers would also like to teach the adult target population about the proper attitude to agriculture, nature and production of healthy food. They have thus developed a tourism product – offer of educational and demonstration contents in the rural areas, which is presented in the catalogue and on the web page www.raznolikost-podezelja.si.

Presentation of the Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

For the first time this year, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia participated in the Nature-Health Fair, theme framework Food. At the joint showroom the Chamber introduced visitors the traceability, control and safety systems for Slovenian meat products, different qualities of milk with regard to technology, the traceability, control and safety systems for eggs, varieties of cereal crop production and a rich offer of Slovenian bakeries, as well as the importance of fruit, vegetables and other types of foods in the daily diet. The basic presentation has been followed by the offers of individual member

Forest Educational Path at the Nature-Health Fare

The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests (more at www.letogozdov.si). Together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food and the Secondary School of Forestry and Wood Technology of Postojna we presented 70 indigenous tree species, fruits and their regional expansion. We recommended organized visits through the exhibition especially to schools.

Old mobile phone, an alternative ticket to the fair

In cooperation with the company Si.mobil and its fund Re.misli, which unites the following environmental commitments: recycle, re-use, reduce and, above all, reconsider what and where you use, we again offered visitors an alternative to the entry ticket to the fair. Anyone who has an old mobile phone at home can brouhgt it to the entry point of the fair and then was able to enter and enjoy the fair. With the help of Si.mobil all collected mobile phones has been appropriately disassembled according to the components (housing, battery, chargers) and handed over for recycling.