Coldiretti Siena blows out 80 candles and does so by looking to the future. The anniversary of the association’s birth was a moment of discussion to look to the future and to challenge the priorities of farmers. Above all, the age-old problem of wildlife and the importance of protecting Made in Italy.
“The main topic at a regional level is certainly that of requesting an extraordinary plan to contain wildlife that has become out of control – he explains Letizia Cesani, president of Coldiretti Toscana -. At a national but above all European level we will work to ask for the modification of the customs code because what we found at Brenner is a sieve border where food without origin arrives and this for us who are the witnesses of a distinctive, quality agriculture that protects biodiversity, it is absolutely unacceptable.”
And the protection of producers, but also of consumers, comes first and foremost from clarity on the label. Hence the collection of signatures to arrive at a European label that is a guarantee of traceability.
“Our future is linked to Made in Italy and what our children will eat – he underlines Luigi Sardone, president of Coldiretti Siena -. Coldiretti does not stop and at its origin with the founding father Paolo Bonomi, the future today is a European label because it is no longer tolerable that foreign food arrives which then becomes Italian food for the final processing”.
