The new project ‘Terra Kytheria’ has been kickstarted on Kythera Island, Greece, in partnership with the Kytherian Foundation for Culture & Development in March 2021. Building on the ongoing fruitful involvement on the island with Kythera Trails, MedINA is now upscaling the know-how and experience of Terra Lemnia to Kythera. The main objective of this...
Basketry and traditional cheese baskets: their role in the cheese-making tradition of Lemnos and a starting point for sustainability
Τhe role of cheese baskets in the cheese-making tradition of Lemnos and a starting point for sustainability
On the island of Lemnos, a traditional agricultural management system has been in place for hundreds of years. We call it the mandra system, because it is organized around the Lemnian mandra, the island’s iconic ensemble of farming infrastructures –stables, barns, fenced yards, living and storage spaces, milking and cheese making facilities, the threshing floor,...
Dear partners and friends, 2020 will undoubtedly be a year that will remain in all our memories. It’s been a year that has fundamentally challenged our established certainties on safety, closeness and necessities in all life areas. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic brought profound changes to the ways we work, communicate and socialize, making us realize...
On Saturday, June 27, the Share A Dish night took place in Lemnos, as a culmination of the #MedFoodHeroes digital campaign that took place from June 15-27 under the broader Mediterranean Rooted Everyday campaign. On Saturday night, for an hour between 9 and 10, the communication manager of MedINA, Alexia Zafeiropoulou, had the pleasure to...
Supporting the island’s biodiversity and landscape
On Sunday, May 17, the first testing round of melipasto cheese was held by the Tasting Team, in Kotsinas, Lemnos. The activity is implemented by the “Anemoessa” Group within the Terra Lemnia project. The meeting was the first test of local melipasto cheese, in a work cycle that will be completed after regular meetings during...
The Mediterranean Rooted Everyday Short Story Competition was an opportunity to commemorate and celebrate the richness of the Mediterranean cultural heritage which the young authors showcased in the best possible way through their inspired, original short stories. The Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA), with Terra Lemnia project, would like to congratulate all the...
The team of Terra Lemnia is pleased to announce that the proposal for the project “Implementation and evaluation of agricultural management measures for the protection and conservation of the landscape and biodiversity of Lemnos”, submitted jointly by MedINA and Anemoessa in February, was approved and will start on July 1st! The project, budgeted €49,750, is...
