E’ in corso una raccolta firme che riguarda la Comunità dei Pastori Vaganti Piemontesi, in seguito ad un articolo comparso sul numero di ottobre 2006 de “L’Informafiume. Notiziario del Parco fluviale del Po e dell’Orbaâ€? intitolato “Pecore, Parco e territorio: una convivenza sempre più difficile. Il pascolo vagante e abusivo è un grande problema nel Parco del Po. Ed è giunto ad un punto di non ritornoâ€? a firma di Carlo Carbonero, Responsabile della Vigilanza del Parco.
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I am an italian lucky member of Terra Madre 2006.
I work as a zootechnical and agronomical technician in an organic farm in the wonderful hearth of Maremma, the south part of Tuscany. Besides I am taking a PhD in Animal Production in Pisa.

In my experience I have noticed that we have to restore the ancient agricultural practices used for thousands of years by local peasants, going backwards before looking beyond! And this is essential in order, on one hand, to maintain soil fertility – and today unfortunately it is not enough – and, on the other, to have also a positive economical balance at the end of the year (obviously I am talking about organic farming).

So I have searched (and I am searching, sometimes in a such of compulsive way…) for old books, manuals, publications and everything deal with an eco-compatible way of life based on products diversification, crop rotation, appropriate seed varieties, manure management, local breeds, animal welfare, grazing technique, homeopathy…

For me that is very important, because every living creature can expresses their own best productivity in the original environment of selection: and I think it is the best reason why “NATIVE IS BETTER�!

Every place have its native/local reality, different from region to region, and we have the duty to search, find, use and finally optimize it, creating a successful mixture of ancient practices and actual knowledge.

I am afraid of my not correct English, but I hope you have understood what I tried to communicate.

Jacopo Goracci
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