A bread festival was held in the Mendeleevsky district as part of the career-oriented project “Bread Artel”

17 October 2019, Thursday

On October 16, in the Mendeleevsky District, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, by the Bread Artel project, the regional Bread Festival dedicated to the International Bread Day was held. Its participants were schoolchildren and residents of the city and district. The museum of local lore has prepared interactive exhibitions “The bread of war” and “How bread begins”.

Festival guests learned the history of the creation of collective farms in the region, saw unique photos from the collections of the local history museum, learned the recipe for war-time bread, saw how whole grain flour was made, and tried to determine the types of cereal plants. The tasting of rye bread baked according to old recipes was particularly interesting.

The exhibition of bakery products was organized by the Mendeleev RaPO and the Yelabuga food factory. Representatives of the rural settlements of the region treated the guests with national pastries, and in the square in front of the Culture House there was a tasting of Udmurt cuisine dishes, which were prepared right in front of the audience in a real Russian oven.

A popular science film about the history, cultural and scientific phenomenon of bread was also presented to schoolchildren.

Recall, the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Mendeleev District implements a career guidance project to popularize agricultural professions among schoolchildren - “Bread Artel”.

The head of the Department of Agriculture and Food, Ilnur Farukhshin, told about the Bread Artel. He noted that the project is aimed at popularizing agricultural specialties among schoolchildren, creating an idea of the importance of the work of agricultural workers and interest in the professions of people engaged in the production of bread.