«In the last two months we have witnessed Numerous attacks on assets confiscated from the mafias managed by social cooperativesin Campania, Lombardy, Calabria and Sicily. In particular, two cooperatives of the Libera Terra circuit, in Calabria and Sicily, have undergone serious intimidation: fires, cuts of centuries -old olive trees, thefts, damage to agricultural vehicles ». He says, in a note, Free.
“Let’s talk – add – of Cooperatives Valle del Marro Libera Terrawhich cultivates over one hundred hectares of land confiscated from the main clans of the ‘Ndrangheta of the plain of Gioia Tauro, among the municipalities of Oppido Mamertina, Rosarno, Rizziconi, Gioia Tauro and Taurianova, e Beppe Montana Libera Terrawhich manages 95 hectares about the municipalities of Belpasso, Ramacca, Motta Sant’Anastasia and Lentini, with the support of the Etna Consortium for legality and development.
Today is the news of a new Aise fire that hit the olive grove confiscated by 11 hectares in Baronello, a hamlet of Castellace, in the municipality of Oppido Mamertinadestroying 830 trees on almost 4 hectares of appetizing. The flames have particularly affected the flat part, where most of the harvest was concentrated. The damage was huge: the loss of about twenty thousand kilograms of olives is estimated, with its production drop in plants, which will recover full productivity only within the next three years. Flames that follow the fires of over five hectares of biological wheat ready for the harvest cultivated with Gioia Tauro and the over 20 hectares of coccuella burned wheat, in the countryside of Lentini ».
“As is free – it is still said in the press release – we are close to the affected cooperatives, but it is clear that The succession of these acts represents the signal of a systematic intimidating strategy, with the clear intention of hitting those who work with dignity to return to the community what organized crime had removed and is creating a right and healthy economy in our country. There is a truth that is not canceled with fire: Those lands have returned free and our commitment will never fail. It is the most beautiful answer we have learned to give: we are there, next to all those courses of co -responsibility that now need support, with the aim of increasing more and more in the contexts we cross ».