- Title: Russian eco-farmers head for mountains in search for pure life
- Date: 21st October 2019
- Summary: NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) COWS OF GORNYY KARTSA VILLAGE GRAZING IN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH OSSETIA. ENTREPRENEUR TAYMURAZ DZEBISOV WALKING WITH COW COW MOOING COWS LOOKING AROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ENTREPRENEUR, TAYMURAZ DZEBISOV, SAYING: "I want to build six houses on this steep rock, so that the terraces look straight out onto this view. We can see one gorge, another gorge and our pastures. It will be interesting for us to look at our livestock as well." RURAL HOUSE IN GORNYY KARTSA VILLAGE MAN CUTTING FIREWOOD AGAINST BACKDROP OF CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS. DZEBISOV FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN SUMMER HUT DZEBISOV FAMILY AND FRIENDS SITTING AROUND TABLE. CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ENTREPRENEUR, TAYMURAZ DZEBISOV, SAYING: "And we chose a place where everything is free, the mountains as the pasture and mountain herbs attracted us. And of course our roots draw us here. We are all from the mountains and decided to come here from the city." VARIOUS OF CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ENTREPRENEUR, TAYMURAZ DZEBISOV, SAYING: "In the lower part there are only five households, and all of the people there are over 60 years old. The youth decided to go higher. We are the only ones here. The higher part of this population is us. At the moment we are the only family, but next year there will be seven of us." GIRL PETTING DOG VARIOUS OF WOMAN WASHING DISHES OSSETIAN FLAG VARIOUS OF WOMAN MAKING OSSETIAN PIES SMOKE RISING THROUGH TREES (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) TAYMURAZ'S WIFE, ZARINA DZEBISOVA, SAYING: "When my children get ill, we always come here and they get better in two to three days. They breathe fresh air, and their runny noses and other illnesses go away. It is like a treatment for me to be here. I stopped giving them cough syrups. We're healthy here." DZEBISOV'S CHILDREN PLAYING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) TAYMURAZ'S WIFE, ZARINA DZEBISOVA, SAYING: "We have very hospitable neighbours down here. They always give us cheese, so we always have homemade cheese, we're spoiled." OSSETIAN PIE ZARINA DZEBISOVA AND DAUGHTER CUTTING OSSEIAN PIE NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) LANDSCAPE OF LOWER PART OF GORNIYY KARTSA VILLAGE VARIOUS OF SVETLANA DZUGAEVA MAKING CHEESE VIEW OF DZUGAEVA'S HOUSE VARIOUS OF SVETLANA DZUGAEVA LIGHTING FIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Ossetian) ELDERLY VILLAGER OF GORNIYY KARTSA, SVETLANA DZUGAEVA, SAYING: "He (Taymuraz Dzebisov) tries. He is doing very hard work. It is very difficult to do this. Haymaking and animal husbandry is very hard work. He is young, how will he cope? I do not know. The question is whether he will succeed. He is hardworking, who knows, maybe he will manage." POT BOILING ON FIRE SVETLANA DZUGAEVA WORKING IN BARN
- Embargoed: 4th November 2019 10:46
- Keywords: biofaming russia north ossetia caucasus mountains cattle breeding cheese making
- Location: NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA
- City: NORTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA001B21IP15
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Gornyy Kartsa, a small village bosomed among the mountain gorges of North Ossetia with only a few dozen residents, changed its quiet pace with the arrival of Dzebisov family and their herd.
A young couple from Vladikavkaz, Taymuraz and Zarina Dzebisov, decided to move high up in the mountains with their two daughters to start a small eco-business.
With a grant provided by the regional government, the young entrepreneurs purchased two hundred cattle of famous Scottish meat breed Aberdeen Angus.
The locals, mostly elderly people, show their traditional hospitality, treating Dzebisov to home made cheese and are ready to help with advice, however they also remind that life in the mountains is no bed of roses.
"Haymaking and animal husbandry is very hard work", says Svetlana Dzugaeva, who is famous in the neighborhood for her home-made liquor, adding that Dzebisov is working hard and perhaps has a chance.
Still, Dzebisov family do not loose enthusiasm, they plan to expand the herd to a thousand heads, organise an agricultural community with six other families and to invite tourists to the picturesque valley for pleasure and for good health.
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