Slow Food Award

Jauntaler Hadn as a turbo for the whole community

Hadn is a healthy Jauntal power grain.

(Bild: Kärnten Werbung)

Slow Food now inspires more than 160 countries. The well-known Hadn from Neuhaus in Lower Carinthia has now received an award that makes the village known worldwide! 

Agriculture and nature - village life has always been characterized by this. The Slow Food diet and eating culture is reflected in 160 countries. On Thursday, Neuhaus officially became the first Slow Food Village in Southern Carinthia, making it the twelfth in the whole of Carinthia. The Jauntaler Hadn was certified as a protected good. Ten producers and three innkeepers from Neuhaus have been accepted into the Slow Food Association and are now part of a global brand. 

Head of Austrian advertising from Neuhaus
The new head of Austrian advertising, Astrid Steharnig-Staudinger, was also present and it was a home game for the Carinthian. "She comes from Neuhaus and grew up in Schwabegg at Gasthof Luckner-Steharnig," says Slow Food pioneer Gottfried Bachler. 

The Hadnwirt is well known, Hadn is a healthy power grain. It is processed in the region and they even have their own Hadn mill. Astrid Steharnig-Staudinger knows the production process well. Hadn is the fourth Carinthian product to be classified as a "Slow Food Presidi" and is therefore protected worldwide.

Lesachtal bread, Kletze and co.
"The other three flagship products are Lesachtal bread, Kletze and Krainer Steinschaf", explains Bachler. "From September 26, Slow Food will be hosting the 'Terra Madre' trade fair in Turin, which will attract 1.5 million people over six days," says Bachler. "We'll be there too."