From July 14 to July 17, the capital will host the Tastes of RUSSIA gastronomic festival, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation with the support of the Moscow Government. it will become the next stage of a large-scale program to promote regional food brands, which the Ministry has been implementing on behalf of the President of Russia since 2020.
During this time, two national competitions "Tastes of Russia" took place, which made it possible to form a real gastronomic map of our country. Last year alone, 720 unique brands from virtually every region took part, and over one million votes were cast in the popular vote for favorite products. A comprehensive educational program was also organized, within the framework of which producers were able to gain knowledge in the field of branding and marketing, organizing offline and online sales, EXPORT activities, developing services in the field of agritourism and other areas. In addition, media support was provided to entrepreneurs, as well as assistance in expanding product distribution channels.
In 2022, the work to support regional brands will continue brightly - the Tastes of Russia gastrofestival will be held at 22 venues in Moscow, almost 300 brands from 65 regions of the country will take part in it. One of the central zones of the festival will open in Gorky Park. In addition to the fair, there will be a food COURT, creative, craft and culinary master classes, performances by artists and much more.
The Lipetsk region intends to establish itself as a cheese region. At the festival in Moscow, it will be presented by two enterprises - participants in the "Tastes of Russia" contest of previous years: SPPK "Ranenburg cheese makers" with the brand "Ranenburg cheese" and IP Burov - "Chernavsky cheese". The festival will also feature creative teams of the Krasninsky district.
The project "Tastes of Russia" in the format of the festival is held for the first time. The festival will feature brands participating in the Tastes of Russia National Competition of Regional Food Brands, which was held in 2020 and 2021 to promote regional food brands and support small agribusiness.
We invite everyone who plans to visit Moscow from July 14 to 17 to drop by the festival and support domestic producers!