Alto Garda District Hosts Event on Organic Certification and Food Quality
Organic is trendy today. Amid fears of mad cow disease, genetically modified organisms, epizootic foot-and-mouth disease, the Seattle people, and globalization, recent months’ news has offered a quite rich and extensive overview of topics, each of which many felt sufficiently knowledgeable to draw their own conclusions.
The Alto Garda and Ledro District aims to suggest the importance of approaching such delicate and complex issues with at least some preparation. Hence, the conference scheduled for next Saturday, June 2nd, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM, in the beautiful assembly hall of the C9 in via Rosmini, which invites the parents of all children enrolled in school canteens in the 12 municipalities and public administrators to participate.
Definitions and Certifications of Organic Products
On the horizon is the goal of moving towards the exclusive use of organic products. The discussion begins with definitions: what is meant by organic products and what certifications are required by European regulations to apply the coveted quality label to meats, carrots, apples, peppers, pasta, and milk.
Giulio Bazzanella, director of the Ufficio prodotti biologici at Pat, will explain all this, including the costs, which differ between the two types of food. Another factor to consider is the variety of certifications: ensuring carrots grown without chemical fertilizers is relatively straightforward, but the journey of veal scallop before it lands on school cafeteria plates is so long and complex that it is genuinely difficult to guarantee that, at no point, there has been any temptation to cut corners.
Maurizio Sentieri, a nutrition biologist, and Maurizio Testori will illustrate the conditions for an authentic reversal: “From industrialized to traditional alimentation,” while Michele Scrinzi of the Trentino Association for Organic Farming will present certified companies and products.
A chef will be available to explain the secrets of proper food utilization, along with a dietitian offering tips and advice. As a complement, a display of products proposed by the Coop and various farms, cooperatives, and social dairies, all committed to the mythical concept of organic, to taste and, if desired, purchase.
