A bill against intensive farming was presented this morning in a press conference in the Chamber by the environmentalist associations Greenpeace Italia, Isde - Doctors for the Environment, Lipu, Terra!
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The associations illustrated the text of the bill entitled "Beyond intensive farming. For an agro-ecological transition of livestock farming" to parliamentarians and journalists.
The proposed law intends to favor small livestock farms, encouraging the ecological transition of large and medium-sized ones through a plan for the reconversion of the Italian livestock system financed with a dedicated fund and immediately providing for a moratorium on the opening of new intensive farms and the increase in the number of animals raised in existing ones.
The objective, explain the proposing associations, is to promote the ecological transition of the livestock sector, recognizing the right price for small producers and guaranteeing consumers access to healthy, quality foods, according to the positive values of "Made in Italy".
A transition that requires a reduction in the consumption of meat and animal products from intensive farming, considering that the average consumption of meat in Italy is higher than that recommended by the World Health Organization.
The change, they underline, can only start from a brake on the further expansion of intensive maxi-farms, especially in areas that already suffer the environmental and health consequences of an excessive livestock load.
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