VARESE – Come back there Des Fair: It will take place Sunday 16 June from 10am to 11pm, for the first time at the Giardini Estensi in Varese. As many as 80 companies have joined the initiative which offers a special prize: one home chef. To find out more, the people of Varese can directly meet the volunteers of the organizing group at an information stand today, Saturday 8 June, in Corso Matteotti.
Ten years later
10 years after the last edition the provincial solidarity economy fair is therefore back. The organizes it Des, Solidarity Economy District of Varese, an association that since 2005 has promoted opportunities for collaboration and meetings with the realities that animate the solidarity economy of the area. «We have been dreaming of bringing the fair back to the area for a long time; the financial support of the Cariplo Foundation and the patronage of the Municipality of Varese – with the splendid opportunity of Estensi Gardens as the venue for the event – they gave us the right energy to try this year”, he comments Marco Bonetti, president of Des Varese. «The satisfaction was immense when we saw the adhesion of 80 exhibitorsthe maximum capacity we had given ourselves.”
A chef as a prize
«For an association like ours, the organizational costs of a fair are onerous, for this reason we organized a self-financing prize draw – mainly with local products», continues the organizer. Tickets can be purchased at the stall set up today in the centre. The first prize he is a home chef for an evening. It’s about Salvatore Palmieri, the “Real Kilometer Chef”. «An expert professional with knowledge of many agricultural realities of Varese, who cooks true delights while describing the products and the territory».
The solidarity economy
The solidarity economy is an economic model that promotes production, distribution and consumption practices based on principles of equity, sustainability and solidarity. It focuses on the well-being of people and communities, rather than profit, encouraging cooperation, social inclusion and respect for the environment. The Des Fair will be an opportunity to meet the various local realities of the solidarity economyfrom fair trade to social agricultural cooperatives, through responsible tourism and ethical fashion, the protection of human rights and the environment, with a careful eye also on renewable energy and sustainable mobility.
The district of Varese
The Des of Varese counts among its members solidarity purchasing groups, fair trade shops, social cooperatives, farms, associations, artisans and professionals. The district aims to experiment and consolidate forms of solidarity economy through the development of a local solidarity network, the promotion of culture on related issues and the development of supporting projects and activities of local realities. The objective is to create production, distribution and consumption systems based on the principles of the solidarity economy.
varese fair – MALPENSA24
