Asturias Ganadera

0:15 Introduction

0:49 Why did you choose to come to Llanes and dedicate yourself to ranching?

2:39 How and when was Asturias Ganadera funded?

13:43 Was Asturias Ganadera started before or after 15M?

16:00 How is this association organized internally? Who leads it?

17:53 Asturias Ganadera is a nonprofit Association. Why did you choose this legal structure and not, for example, a cooperative or a union?

20:17 In general, it seems necessary for associations to develop their associative activity in parallel with a direct political activity on a local scale. Is this the reason why you decided to become a councilor representing VecinosXLlanes?

21:50 Is a short- or long-term strategy key to organizing political activity?

24:47 What is the underlying thought on which the activity of this Association is based?

26:53 Are all farmers in Asturias in accordance with the principles of this group?

27:24 Do you believe in protests as a tool for political transformation?

29:43 Can you explain how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the management of resources, imposed by the Principality of Asturias, affect livestock and agricultural sectors?

33:00 Structurally speaking, what is the problem with the CAP?

34:34 What is the interest of a system such as CAP?

34:59 Who is interested in dismantling the agricultural sector?

36:43 You have just used the word “Indian” to refer to rural inhabitants, can you explain what you mean by this word?

37:06 Is there a relationship between the defense of the commons, the Councils and the objectives of Asturias Ganadera?

39:21 What does the phrase “silvopasture ecosystem” refer to?

40:12 What type of relationship exists between people who are dedicated to ranching and those dedicated to wildlife?

41:17 What would you say to a speciesist?

41:51 At what point did the human being become the center of a system in which it used to be just one more element?

42:30 Can you explain the origin of your strategy to control the wolf population from the perspective of Asturias Ganadera?

47:15 What do you think of having a payment for livestock losses caused by attacks by wild animals?

49:49 Just in the past few months, news has appeared of the sale of chicken manufactured from cells in a laboratory to support a sustainable food industry. It seems like a catastrophic situation for the livestock sector. Do you think it is possible that this sector could completely disappear?

50:48 What would you say to the vegan sector that is thinking about the protection of animal rights?

52:06 In 2020, you wrote in a letter for apropopular.com addressed to ASCEL (Association for the Conservation and Study of the Iberian Wolf) that the wolf cannot be in areas where 95% of its diet is based on domestic species. In many places, this is directly incompatible with local ranching. In another 2023 article in La Vanguardia, you denounce a similar situation around the lack of control of the wolf with the example of wild boars. Asturias Ganadera calls for the revision of the Hunting Law and the use of fire in the mountains. Can you explain the origin of these two claims and why these proposals are controversial?

55:56 Regarding the controversy about the burning of brush in the forest, a statement to the newspaper Nortes explained, “They do not let you control who eats your livestock, so you stop having sheep and goats because they eat them. And they won’t let you burn stuff either. So vegetation accumulates and Asturias becomes a ‘scrub paradise’.” Is scrub burning a safe practice?

56:59 Regarding your position on wolf hunting and brush burning, in some statements in the media we can perceive a misunderstanding between the environmental sector and the measures proposed by Asturias Ganadera. Can you explain the origin of this misunderstanding?

59:52 There are those who consider that the technification of the rural environment can be especially useful for the sustainability of the agricultural and livestock world. What is your opinion of this idea?

1:03:47 Asturias Ganadera defends traditional extensive ranching. Can you explain what this form of breeding implies?

1:07:16 Is there a direct market model in Asturias between consumers and producers?

1:08:35 What is your interpretation of an ecological transition as a rancher?

1:10:03 Let’s imagine that at Asturias Ganadera you are asked to design a different world system to the one we have. What would it be like?

1:13:15 In this ideal system, what role would production and consumption play?

1:13:55 From your perspective, what does it mean to progress?

1:14:31 Do you agree with those who argue that we are in the Anthropocene Era?

1:15:36 Considering the multidimensional crisis we are going through and our current situation of widespread political apathy, what keeps you active personally?

1:16:29 Good news