Sustainable Pig Production Chain

Investigating the potential success of different traditional Trentino food specialties deriving from pigs reared with high standards of animal welfare, verifying their environmental and economic sustainability, was the goal of the operating group "Sustainable pig production - Enhancement of traditional Trentino food products through certification of animal and environmental welfare ".

The project was coordinated and conducted by the Trentino Salami Producers Consortium of Trento, in collaboration with the Animal Production Research Center - CRPA Spa of Reggio Emilia, the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Milan, the Provincial Breeders Federation of Trento, some transformation companies and butchers in Trentino, and financed by the Autonomous Province of Trento with measure 16.1.1 of the Rural Development Program 2014/2020

PROGRAM

14:30 Greetings from the authorities
14:45 The SUSTAINABLE SWINE CHAIN, Operating Group
Loris Largher - Consortium of Trentino pig producers
15:00 Animal welfare: the importance of standards
Elisabetta Canali - University of Milan
15:15 Animal welfare: protocol on the farm
Sara Barbieri - University of Milan
15:30 Animal welfare: protocol at the slaughterhouse
Ambra Motta - CRPA SpA
15:45 Environmental sustainability of the protocol
Stefano Pignedoli - CRPA SpA
16:00 Economic sustainability of the protocol
Alessandro Gastaldo - CRPA SpA
16:15 Consortium, Trentino quality and sustainability
Loris Largher - Consortium of Trentino pig producers
16:30 Discussion and conclusions

Free participation, upon registration (to be made by 11.00 pm on Thursday 22 October 2020)