Kosovo · Women · Enterprise · Food
Visit to the women of Krusha e Madhe
Meet the women of Krusha e Madhe, hear how they built a food enterprise from traditional recipes, taste ajvar and pickled vegetables, and buy directly from them.
- Where
- Kosovo · Krusha e Madhe
- Availability
- Subject to host and seasonal availability.
Krusha e Madhe is the village behind one of Kosovo's most inspiring rural success stories. A visit here is much more than a food tasting. It is a chance to meet local women, learn about their lives and work, and understand how farming and enterprise became the way a community rebuilt itself.
Their cooperative grew around traditional foods, above all ajvar, pickled vegetables and other products made locally. It is now a women-led business whose products are sold in Kosovo and abroad.
The village's history during the Kosovo War is part of the context. It is shared only as, and when, the women choose to share it. Their work today stays at the centre.
Why it is special. Guests do not simply visit an attraction. They meet the people, and support a community-based, women-led enterprise directly.
Highlights
- A women-led enterprise
- Traditional ajvar and pickled vegetables
- Buy directly from the makers
How the day can unfold
A flexible sequence, not a fixed timetable.
01
Meeting the women
An introduction to the women of the cooperative.
02
How it began
Hear how the cooperative started, in the words of the women who built it.
03
Making and preserving
See how local vegetables are processed and how traditional foods are preserved.
04
Tasting
Taste ajvar, pickled vegetables and other traditional products.
05
Taking something home
Buy locally produced foods directly from the women.
Good to know
- This is one example of what we curate. We can adapt it, combine it with other places, or build something different around your interests.
- Availability, duration and exact content may vary according to host, season and group.
- This is a working enterprise and a community, not a performance. Guests are asked to be respectful, and to take photographs only with permission.
