The story dates back to Austria-Hungary, when Emperor Maria Theresa required her subjects, in particular farmers, to plant pear trees to help relieve famine in the country. These pear trees were named tepka ('tepsti' is a Slovene verb that means 'beat') because anyone who refused to plant pear trees received a beating. Dried tepka pears are called prga, and although they hardly qualify for a fruit table, they are very sweet. Prga were common ingredients in the local cuisine. The nearby village Zasip, or Prgarija (‘the land of prga’) has made it its mission to ensure that these traditions and customs are kept alive and that knowledge about tepka pears is passed on from generation to generation.
Prgarija - Turistično društvo Zasip
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Committed to making the most of the delicious farm-produced milk, the Dolenc family farm specializes in the production of dairy products from cow's milk; yogurts, butter, and different types of cheese.
The taste and quality of milk varies from farm to farm. Our farm guarantees the highest quality and superior taste of its milk and dairy products.
Don’t just take our word for it, go and check for yourselves! Our products are available at our farm shop in Vrbnje near Radovljica, where we will tell you much more and give you a tour of the farm, which also organizes group tours by appointment.
Kmetija Dolenc, Vrbnje 39, 4240 Radovljica
+386 40 275 290
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The stunning cultural landscape around Lake Bled has been cultivated for thousands of years by local farmers who graze their cattle proudly and with heart-felt love for this land on the pastures in the valleys and plateaus of the Julian Alps area. High-quality cow's milk produced on family farms that are organised into an agricultural and forestry cooperative, Kmetijsko-gozdarska zadruga Bled, is made into the local culinary delight - Bled Cheese. Bled Cheese is a semi-hard, full-fat cheese, matured for at least two months. With Bleed Cheese, the cooperative has written a successful story of collaboration, dedication, and new experiences.
Kmetijsko gozdarski center, Za žago 1a, 4260 Bled
+386 45750516
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Come to a place where you find peace and the bustle of life. Where you enjoy beauty and goodness in all its forms, where you feed your body and spirit with all your senses. Walk, taste, learn, freedom, love, life, simplicity, abundance. You are invited to a paradise with exceptional views in Zgornje Gorje, a village nestled in the natural terraces between Pokljuka and Bled! In the garden of tastes you can catch hens, feed them and pick up their eggs. Rest under the haystack or lie barefoot on the grass! Pick some raspberries or courgettes, experience the spirit of the herbal labyrinth and abundance of nature. Scent yourself with rose water and listen to the buzzing of bees! If you hear the call of nature, become a farmer for one day on our farm!
Vrt okusov, Zgornje Gorje 37a, 4247 Zgornje Gorje
+386 (0)31 778 096
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The Fonda Fish Farm is the only seawater fish farm in Slovenia. It is located in the southern-most part of the Slovenian coast, in the protected environment of the Sečovlje Salt Pans Landscape Park in the Piran Bay. Driven by dedication, passion and love for the sea, the Fonda Fish Farm grows superior quality organic fish and seashell. You can take a ride in out boat to see our fish garden, where we will explain how we farm the Piran bass and gilt-head bream, and why they taste so good! You will see how mussels live and learn many useful things about seafood.
FONDA.SI d.o.o., Liminjanska cesta 117, 6320 Portorož
+386 51605605
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Given its 60-head cattle herd, most of the farm’s income comes from the production of milk. The farm is also well-known for its vegetable produce, mainly potatoes, onions, spring onions, lettuce, cabbage and carrots, and in the family’ daughter-in-law from Prlekija grows other vegetables used for winter preserves. The Porenta Farm’s products have been sold for 60 years in the local markets and directly off the farm. The current offer is available on the farm’s Facebook profile: Kmetija Porenta-pr Tončk
Kmetija Porenta, Žabnica 2, 4206 Žabnica
+38640214860
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In the early 1990s, Žuža in Milan Brence started a new farm tradition. Today this tradition binds the family that has established itself in the world of cheese making. Apart from the cow's milk produced on the farm, the Pustotnik family also makes dairy products from goat's and sheep's milk. Their excellent team of coworkers helps preserve the values of traditional cheese-making and looks for creative ways to realize the family's underlying vision “to make the best that milk can offer”.
Kmetija Pustotnik, Poljanska cesta 19, 4224 Gorenja vas
+386 45 107310
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Šebenik Microgreens are a small family business from Borovnica near Ljubljana, Slovenia, which has been growing and producing microgreens since 2014. Our offer includes over 50 different types of microgreens and herbs. We also supply our clients with edible wild plants, and pick and grow edible flowers and deliver fresh and dried flowers to our clients all year round. With our products, your dishes will please the eye as well as the tastebuds,
The Ambrožič bee tourism farm is located in the village Selo pri Bledu (Kralov Med). The local beekeepers Blaž and Danijela Ambrožič built a learning apiary which enables visitors to safely observe the work of beekeepers. The first to catch your eye will the hand-painted beehive panels made by Danijela. You will also see a huge bee swarm and learn how it was transported from the forest to the beehive next to the learning apiary, along with the part of the tree on which it had formed. The other apiary offers some relaxation space where you can observe, smell, and listen to the sound of bees busy at work. Tasting and purchase of different types of honey, pollen and other bee products are also available.
Kralov med, Selo pri Bledu 26, 4260 Bled
+386 41 227 407
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Lisjak extra virgin olive oil is a luxury brand with a supreme taste that perfects every dish. Olives are picked and pressed in only four hours in our olive oil mill in Krkavče, a small village in the Slovenian part of Istria. A story of love for nature. For all gourmet lovers.
Oljarna Lisjak, Šalara 28b, 6000 Koper
+386 40 294248
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We are able to offer pumpkin oil of superior quality because of unparalleled natural qualities of our environment. The location of the oil mill in the Prlekija region has the best climate conditions and soil in the world and produces the best pumpkins that give ust he best pumpkin seeds so we can make the best pumpkin oil.
OLJARNA KOCBEK, Stara Gora 1, 9244 Sv. Jurij ob Ščavnici
+ 386 2 568 90 26
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Barone d.o.o. is a family business whose activity is a fresh program. For more than ten years, it has been engaged in the production of fresh stuffed pasta and sausages. With regular deliveries and a marketing philosophy, it can rely on the trust of its customers, who are among the most famous restaurants in the Republic of Slovenia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The goal of the company is to produce new health-friendly and natural products, while adapting to the needs of the market by using internal and external resources and with sacrifice and teamwork.
Barone, Partizanska 123, Sežana
+386 (0) 5 73 13330
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