Social farming is a new possibility for agri-businesses to diversify and integrate the farm into a multi-functional society. It offers the chance to widen the visibility of the business and opens new channels of dialogue with consumers. Social farming increases business competitiveness, cooperation with other entities in the territory, participation in sustainable development of the territory, and the inclusion of vulnerable persons into society and the workforce.

9.00 – REGISTRATION

9:15 – Graziella Leyla Ciagà,Councillor for the environment, public green spaces and energy policy

9.30 – Marco Di Stefano, national network of social factors,“The Law of Social Farming: the state of the art”

9.45 – Salvatore Cacciola,Vice president of the Italian Association for Organic Farming Sicily (Aiab), “Bio-Districts – an innovative model of territorial governance: what will be their place in the new CAP”

10:05 – Carmelo Troccoli, National Observatory of Social Farming, “Social Farming: New frontiers in multi-functionality”

10:25 – Andrea Poltronieri, project manager of Social Farming Lombardia

10:45 – Francesco Di Iacovo, Professor of Agrarian Economics at University of Pisa and coordinator of the SoFar project, “A comparison of European Social Farming Models: from local sustainable development to welfare innovation”

11:15 – Vandana Shiva, Political and environmental activist, one of the major leaders in the International Forum on Globalizatin “biodiversity and right to food”

Organized by: Social Farming Bio-District of Bergamo; AIAB; Confagricoltura; Coldiretti. In collaboration with Local School Bureau of Bergamo. With contributions from: Municipality of Bergamo, Province of Bergamo, Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca, Fondazione Istituti Educativi di Bergamo, S.A.C.B.O.

Information: eventi@biodistrettobg.it; http://www.facebook.com/BioDistrettoSocialeBergamo

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