A SEED TO SPOON AGRITOURISM TRAIL IN GHANA'S VOLTA REGION
ABOUT Taste Volta
Who is This Tour For?
Taste Ghana Agritourism Trail is designed for individuals of all ages interested in cultural immersion and learning through experience.
We particularly welcome visitors who are curious about how food arrives on their plates: where it comes from, how it is made and who makes it. Adventurous visitors willing to step out of their sensory comfort zone and experience new tastes, smells and textures are particularly suited for this program.
This agritourism trail is also for people interested in learning and getting involved with sustainable local agricultural practices, forest conservation, regenerative agriculture, and food sovereignty in Ghana.
The foods presented at the Ghanaian table are as colorful and vibrant as the clothing and people
Ghana is a nation that is managing to modernize without westernizing its food culture. This self-guided experiential program is an introduction to traditional Ghanaian Culture and History of Food and Agriculture. Immerse yourself in the diversity of local cultures by exploring traditional and ancestral food and agricultural practices across different communities surrounding Ho, the capital of Ghana’s Volta Region.
By combining agriculture and tourism, visitors can learn more about agricultural production, processing, and local culture. This unique combination of tourism and agriculture industries provides several financial, educational, and social benefits to tourists, producers, and communities.
Each community is a short travel from Ho and makes for an excellent half-day trip. In some cases, multiple towns can be visited in a single day. Agritourists will travel by road, experiencing food at its source by collecting, making and tasting a curated menu of culturally meaningful foods. Experience the communities and their agriculture and culinary cultures through guided cooking & tasting experiences, hands-on making of regional dishes, traditional food and culture ceremonies.
Put your experience into context through classes and workshops with local experts on food history and food anthropology of Ghana with a focus on traditional foodstuffs, such as palm, coffee, cocoa, and groundnuts, and their preparation, preservation, and consumption. The selected program locations are Ho, Kpenoe, Wegbe-Kpalime, Adaklu-Waya, Hodzo-Achianse, and Ziavi-Dzogbe.
What Will You Experience?
Each small town is a short road-trip from Ho, stopping at sites carefully curated for their unique local food experiences in an ethnically and geographically diverse country.
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Gain understanding of the historical and cultural context, origins, transformations, cultural significance and value of the foods you will be tasting in each one of the sites.
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Immersion in theoretical and hands-on learning of traditional cooking techniques, utensils and foods.
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Experience regional cuisine.
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Understand the tight relationship between ecosystems, agricultural practices, local history and regionally specific dishes.
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Meet and learn with farmers, who are bearers of farming, preservation, and preparation, and cooking traditions.
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Learn practical skills, techniques, and recipes with heritage ingredients such as palm, maize, groundnuts, plantains, cocoa, coffee, pineapple, mango, and bananas.
