WHAT DO WE DO?
We promote and enhance the value of territories through food, understood as a living expression of landscape, history, culture and collective identity. The preservation of food heritage, local agrobiodiversity, local products and gastronomic traditions, together with historical, archaeological and ethnographic research related to food, forms an essential part of Alícia’s work. This approach contributes to territorial balance, strengthens local economies and reinforces the connection between production, cooking and community.
We develop strategies to advance towards a more sustainable, safe, resilient, healthy and accessible food system, while fostering gastronomic culture as a key element of identity, social cohesion, and local development.
Alícia is an expert R&D&I centre committed to supporting small businesses in the agri-food sector. We work alongside producers, artisans, processors, retailers, restaurateurs, cooperatives and self-employed professionals throughout their innovation processes, helping them become more competitive and increase the value of products and services rooted in their territory.
We carry out applied research and develop projects that foster and support innovation, with the aim of transforming ideas into tangible initiatives and helping to create value-added products and services. Our goal is to strengthen business competitiveness, productivity and sustainability, while promoting economically viable, environmentally responsible solutions aligned with the principles of the circular economy, health, food culture, and local production, fostering synergies with other public and private stakeholders.
We foster territorial development through gastronomic heritage and cuisine as cultural, economic and sustainable expressions of place. We strengthen connections between producers, restaurateurs and institutions to create shared value and transform food culture into a common good with a tangible impact on society.
We promote territorial development strategies linked to the agri-food sector, as well as the enhancement and preservation of gastronomic identity, through the study of local products and their culinary applications, the creation of recipe collections and preparations that facilitate their use and dissemination, and the recovery and reinterpretation of traditional and historical recipes.
We also develop initiatives that strengthen the gastronomic identity of territories, their landscapes, products and producers, with the aim of building meaningful narratives, attracting visitors, supporting the marketing of local products and stimulating local economies.