The farmers' protest becomes Bufala Tour: procession in the Region and in Rome

The farmers' protest becomes Bufala Tour: a procession in the Region and in Rome. The Bufala Tour is aimed at information operators.

"If someone has counted on the fact that the mobilization of breeders and their allies will stop due to tiredness, thinking, in this way, that they will not have to give the answers that are needed, they can rest easy: it will not be like that. Those who, instead, have at heart good food, agroecological conversion, the interests of the communities can reassure themselves: we will continue until the end. And the goal is to regain a future for the animals, the breeders, the artisanal processors, the local supply chain and the communities of Terra di Lavoro"

With these words, Gianni Fabbris announces the new activity module of the Salvaviamo le Bufale Movement, of which the BufalaTour is the first of three different initiatives: the first (on the 18th) in the cluster area of ​​the Caserta area affected by the Regional Plan on BRC and buffalo tuberculosis, the second (on the 21st) with tractors in Naples and the demonstration under the windows of President De Luca, the third in Rome at the headquarters of the European Parliament (on the 28th).

The initiatives of Naples and Rome (which are aimed at institutional counterparts in Campania and the government and aim to involve regional and national public opinion) will be presented in a press conference on Wednesday morning, July 13 at 10 am; today, July 11, the Coordination formalizes the program and the invitation of the Bufala Tour 2022 which will take place in the area of ​​the farms most exposed to the effects of the action implemented in recent years by the Campania Region and the failure of its choices.

The Bufala Tour is aimed at information and communication operators, videomakers and bloggers, but also at representatives of associations and movements and at all those, citizens and institutional representatives, who are interested in understanding what is happening and in learning the story of reality from the live voice and testimony of breeders and their allies.

The Bufala Tour is a journey between “the failure of the actions implemented by the Region and the Ministry of Health, the resistance of breeders, mayors and the territory, the problems of the present and the proposals to relaunch the sector and the communities by protecting animals, companies and citizens”.

The Bufala Tour will take place on Monday 18 July between 9.30:17.30 and XNUMX:XNUMX. Eight hours starting from the Piazzetta di Borgo Appio (Grazzanise) and a route that develops in five stages to "know the reality, meet the protagonists and their families, receive the documents and cards that document what is happening, ask and ask directly to the breeders, their allies and the experts who are supporting them the useful information to form a realistic idea.

Three thematic stages are planned in three different companies.

The first is in a company that is currently “unharmed” but on which the risk of uncertainty about the future looms (the issues: what is the reality, what are we talking about, why have the problems not been resolved so far. who are the enemies, why). The second stage is in a company that is currently empty and that has endured the total demolition of the stable and does not know if it will be able to repopulate it (the issues: what would happen if the Regional Plan continued without changing; why that plan cannot resolve the problems and does not work).

The third stage is in the possible future (i.e. in a place where it will be shown and documented what could happen if the proposals of the movement and its experts were applied).

In each stage (between 1,5/2 hours) there will be three different moments. A first thematic module is, in reality, the meeting with the breeders and their families who will tell the story of that company and other similar ones and the visit to the stable and the workplace. The second module is an "informative lesson" held by the experts who from time to time will illustrate cards and documents offered to the participants of the seminar. The third module is the collective compilation of the "glossary and questions", that is, the three key words of the meeting and the three questions that are proposed for the subsequent work of in-depth analysis and investigation that the Coordination hopes can be determined by this meeting.

The three stages in the companies (which include breaks for coffee, refreshments and lunch) are preceded and concluded by an introduction and a conclusion in Borgo Appio. In the introductory stage, a document will be presented and delivered in which the dispute is taken stock and with which the breeders propose in summary their objectives, the path taken and the fundamental issues on which they are proposing shared solutions to the Campania Region.

In the final stage, the proposal of the national and international Campaign “Do you like Mozzarella? Let's save the Mediterranean Buffaloes” will be illustrated with the invitation to participate; the agenda of further initiatives will also be proposed starting from the Demonstration in Naples on July 21st and the one in Rome on July 28th.

“The aim of this day is to clarify things to help resolve the confusion and defeat the attempts at mystification and self-interested propaganda put in place by those who do not want to change and have an interest in keeping the territory and the sector in crisis.” Gianni Fabbris underlines “We do not ask journalists and communications professionals to be our voice and to make propaganda in favor of our theses and against those of others. We ask, more simply, that the point of view and the stories of those who are resisting the mortal risk of the closure of an entire sector be heard, told and made known. We will offer interpretative keys useful for developing investigation and journalistic analysis. The way of the Italian countryside, not only that of the Caserta breeders, is enduring the terrible risk of disappearing into silence, while the agri-food sector and Made in Italy is celebrated among folklore and paid advertising leaflets of industry and speculation. We only ask to help citizens and public opinion by opening the spotlight for transparent information”