"It's more difficult to find a truffle than to sell it," laments Darko Muzica, who oversees the Istra association of truffle hunters, an advocacy group campaigning to protect the peninsula's white truffle. Muzica, head of the Istra association of truffle hunters, with his dog in a forest near the Istrian town of Motovun. Vukadonovic, vice-president of the Istra association of truffle hunters, walking with his dogs while hunting for white truffles in the forest near Motovun. After digging away a layer of topsoil, Zgrablic carefully extracts a white truffle weighing some 20g – which could net up to €130 (RM620). Hoping to protect the area's lucrative truffle trade, the local association of truffle hunters has begun campaigning for "protected designation of origin" within the European Union.

Source: The Star December 11, 2021 12:52 UTC