Activities

Preparation of teaching material, the development of a specific curriculum on “traditional orchards”, a picture pool and knowledge database with dictionary, literature, courses, etc. are some of the activities carried out by the project. These focus mainly on pomology covering the whole process, from growing and planting techniques to management of orchards and processing and marketing of products.

Additional information

The aim of the ESTO project is to develop innovative ways of teaching and learning about fruit farming (apple and others), which can help to preserve the traditional orchards as ecologically and economically sustainable systems, paying special attention to their higher biodiversity.



One of the outcomes is a compilation of teaching material on apple juice production. The document is oriented to small-scale production and describes equipment, materials and methods. It is not only suitable for teachers, but advisers and growers can make good use of the information.



It describes the process for both cloudy (unfiltered) and for clear apple juice. In both cases a good juice starts by selecting the fruits. It is always best to use the fully ripe apples (rotten should be discarded). In the case of cloudy juice, there are only two steps to follow: pressing the apples (as gently as possible, to avoid excessive turbidity) and adding some antioxidant. Concerning the clear juice, the procedure is a bit more complicated, but it is well described in the guide.



The document also provides some tips, such as for example to highlight on the label that the turbidity is an indicator of natural product, rather than a defect.