1st Italian awareness raising programme
On June 6, within the scope of the World Environment Day, the 1st awareness raising programme took place at the Emilio Sereni Agricultural Technical High School in Rome, Italy. About 100 students attended the event and they were informed about various issues such as the importance of environmental issues, the contribution of agriculture to climate change the aim of the ORGANIKO project, the organic farming status in Italy and EU and the main actions of the Italian National Strategic Plan for organic farming. Lively discussions took place between the presenters and the students particularly on the idea of organic farming as “real” alternative to mainstreaming agriculture and on the implications of the “local agricultural identities”.
