The Organic Festival is back at UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa in Trancoso, Brazil

September 6th, 2022

Since its founding in 2008, UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa—the first Brazilian hotel accepted as a signatory to the UN Global Compact— has been a beacon of change in the Bahian town of Trancoso. Among its most impactful achievements include the creation of the Organic Festival Trancoso, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about the benefits of organic food and its positive impact on the environment and community.

 

This year’s event—the third-ever Organic Festival Trancoso, running October 6-9, 2022—will bring together leading chefs, organic producers, brands, and thousands of tourists from all over Brazil, in an effort to engage the community and visitors in a dialogue about sustainability and agriculture.

 

The program will include classes, lectures, lunches, and dinners with special guests including Roberta Sudbrack (crowned Latin America’s Best Female Chef in 2015), Morena Leite (Capim Santo, São Paulo), TV personality and chef Danielle Dahoui (Ruella, São Paulo), and Gabriela Barreto (Futuro Refeitório, São Paulo), Guilherme Gerard (UXUA Quadrado, Trancoso) among many others. The action will largely take place in the town’s historic square, next to the São João Batista church, and the new community garden at non-profit Associação Despertar Trancoso.

 

The three-day event kicks off with free classes, a grilled meat experience hosted by chef Roberta Sudbrack, and a dinner with chef Sandra Marques (Capim Santo, Trancoso), Morena Leite, and famed Bahian chef Dadá at the Capim Santo restaurant. On the 8th, the all-star chefs and organic supplies will unite for a big picnic in the Historic Square — a hallmark of the Organic Festival Trancoso—where signature dishes will be served for just 20 reais ($4) for the entire community. The festival will end with a luau hosted by chef Thiago Madeiros at UXUA Praia Bar and a free concert by Brazilian singer Alice Caymmi.

 

The event is made possible through the support of the NGO Conservation International Brazil, plus sponsorships by Cãna Cachaça, Simple Organic Cosmetics, Amma Chocolate, Vivente Wines, and Pacco bottles. Several other hotels in addition to the UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa have also pledged their support, including Capim Santo Trancoso, Pousada Tutabel, and Casa de Perainda, as well as a handful of restaurants that participate by incorporating organic ingredients from local producers on their menus.

 

Images Courtesy of UXUA: https://we.tl/t-ipkLlnEXmP

 

About UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa

When Wilbert Das, former Creative Director of fashion label Diesel, opened his eco-chic retreat, UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa, he put the remote Brazilian fishing village of Trancoso on the map. Built by local artisans over a two-year period using traditional building methods and reclaimed materials (nothing is sourced beyond a five-mile radius of Trancoso), the boutique hotel is very much a product of its environment, situated on the historic main square of the village. Sustainability and wellness are a focus: at VIDA Lab, the on-site nutritional laboratory and medical kitchen, medical director Dr. Jullian Hamamoto transforms local plants and botanicals—from the on-site garden, the nearby Itapororoca beach, and the 50-acre UXUA ROÇA farm—into healing elixirs and beautifying therapies. Guests can go foraging with Dr. Jullian to learn about the significance of these ingredients, and the wellness philosophy of UXUA, informed by traditions of Brazil’s Indigenous Pataxó people.

 

Did you know? UXUA’s influence goes beyond the hotel’s walls: when UXUA first opened, the tradition of capoeira was practiced by few in Trancoso. Today, the sport is thriving in the region, thanks to the hotel’s generous support of Capoeira Sul da Bahia, a school dedicated to the preservation and study of the centuries-old martial arts-inspired dance form.

 

Watch this space: Conservation International Brazil and its Deliberative Board member Bob Shevlin, an UXUA co-founder, have recently recruited tourism industry and non-profit partners to launch FUTURI, a regional alliance developing regenerative tourism models. More at www.futuribrasil.com and insta #futuribrasil

 

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