SUBJECT: Local and global: an important issue in agricultural biodiversity
AUTHOR: Lorenzo Ceccolini
DATE: 1st April

Let me consider the issue. Although one of the three cheeses was sold in an informal way, it is common to see a local product sold in every part of the nation, through the modern commercial network.
But another question is then raised: When I buy a local product of the south, sold in the north, is the adjective “local” still applicable? Massimo Angelini, an expert in biodiversity research in agriculture, taught me that this is not a local product anymore. Indeed a local product has a strong link with the place of production, has a deep intimacy with the local people who have produced it for a long time, and traditions that lie behind this product reflect the circumscribed living customs. A promising mirage for a future valuable maintenance of diversity in products and knowledge would be that every region has its own local product, and not that every local product could be found in every supermarket of the nation.