30.08.2024

As in 2023, the Dresden Environmental Center once again enriched the Dresden Palais Sommer this year with its food education mission under the slogan “Hülsenfrüchte aus Sachsen: interessiert mich die Bohne!”. Opportunities for greening city centers and urban farming activities are inspiring more and more people who want to eat locally and grow their own food. Urban gardening initiatives and other communities are becoming increasingly popular as a result. At the annual Palais Sommer Festival, the concepts of sustainability and regionality are now taken very seriously.
Culture-loving event visitors can look forward to a rich regional buffet. Falafel made from regional lentils and meat products from local farms make the catering a regional culinary specialty. The aim is also to promote a more regional and healthy diet. The Dresden Environmental Center and the OLGA project drew attention to this topic with its raised beds of peas, beans, lentils and more. How can we eat more regionally? How can I integrate pulses more into my daily diet? These and other exciting questions were discussed directly on the Neumarkt in front of the Frauenkirche over a cool drink and finger food made from regional lentils. The falafel balls made from regionally grown organic Saxon lentils dipped in homemade hummus by Ali Habiballah were very well received by the visitors. See for yourself!

We are delighted to have initiated a short regional value chain for lentil falafel with the OLGA project. We are now planning to market the product via Dresden's organic food retailers. To this end, we act as an intermediary between farmers who want to grow lentils in the region and catering or other processing companies that want to integrate lentils or pulses in general into their portfolio.