Farmers and breeders affected by the earthquake and bad weather in Abruzzo are mobilizing on Monday 13 February from 9,00 in Via Madonna delle Grazie in Localita' Basciano in the province of Teramo in the San Vincenzo farm (Salumieri di Castel Castagna) where they are thousands of animals died, numerous stables collapsed and the production plant for typical cured meats was damaged.
The goal is to shed light on a dramatic emergency in the countryside, directly illustrate the difficulties they are experiencing and coordinate the necessary activities to get work resumed in the fields and stables, with the national president Roberto Moncalvo accompanied by members of the Crisis Unit of Coldiretti. The concrete cases of difficulty will be told by the numerous breeders and farmers who will bring the local specialties saved from the earthquake that are now at risk and with them the history and future of a region that has a driving force behind the extinction economy in the agri-food sector. The appointment is within a company where the signs of the disaster are sensational to make an initial assessment of the damages, discuss the necessary support measures at national and community level, the solidarity initiatives implemented and the proposals to overcome the emergency .
At 12,00 the Coldiretti crisis unit with the president Moncalvo will be in Contrada Nortoli a Penne in the province of Pescara in the D'Angelo Gianluca farm with the collapsed stable and damage caused by the snow in combination with the earthquake to meet the farmers from Pescara and Chieti.
The situation is dramatic in the Abruzzo countryside where it was above all the breeding activity that was hit, which is now in concrete danger of disappearing, bringing with it an invaluable heritage of traditions and excellence, from Farindola pecorino to Campotosto mortadella up to Teramo cured meats which, once extinguished, they would be irrecoverable.
