A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF RURAL CUISINE

The third edition of Terrae, held from March 23 to 25, 2025 in Gran Canaria, has once again established itself as an essential meeting point for chefs, producers and defenders of the rural world. With venues in Agüimes, Ingenio and Santa Lucía, the congress brought together more than 50 participants from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Colombia, in a celebration of cuisine as an engine of territorial regeneration, cultural identity and sustainability. This year, the event focused on the defense of local products, the recovery of traditional knowledge and the creation of gastronomic models rooted in the landscape. A highlight of the event was the presentation of the “Agüimes Declaration”, a collective text calling for greater institutional recognition of rural cuisine, understood as a living heritage. Terrae 2025 has been, once again, a space for exchange, inspiration and commitment to the future of the rural environment from the kitchen.

Terrae 2025 has shown that rural cuisine not only preserves the memory and flavors of a territory, but is also capable of projecting the future, innovation and dignity for those who live and work there. The experiences shared during the congress have shown that it is possible to build gastronomic models that are sustainable, creative and deeply rooted in the landscape and local culture. Gran Canaria, with its natural and human diversity, has been the ideal setting to reaffirm that cuisine can be a tool for social, economic and environmental transformation. The collaborative spirit and the commitment of chefs, producers and rural agents mark a common path: to defend what is our own, regenerate what we have lived and continue building from what is close to us. Terrae closes this edition with more voices united around the same conviction: the rural world has much to contribute to the present and future of gastronomy.