April 2017 With small farms disappearing at a fast pace, it has become extremely important for everyone to understand how crucial the small farms are to agriculture. Small farms contribute not only towards the local jobs and rural activities, but… Read More »Small farms in Europe – viable but underestimated
February 2017 This paper written by AIAB Lazio, Italy elucidates how in current socio economic environment, direct marketing or short chains prove to be a great alternative to the highly mechanised and extensively technical food market. With the ever increasing impact of… Read More »Small farms and short chains
Marta Di Pierro and Marzia De Sanctis, Italy If an Italian excellence is rapidly growing in the world market and to meet its higher demand needs an ever larger share of agricultural land, can we speak of land grabbing? The… Read More »Prosecco: bubbles of discord
Marta Di Pierro and Marzia De Sanctis, AIAB Lazio, Italy In the fall of 2013, the grassroots movement Caicocci Social Land Committee was born to raise the issue of the future of Caicocci – a neglected public estate in the centre of… Read More »Caicocci , the story of a social custody