"The world of the countryside is suffering from increases that have become unsustainable, but on this there is the total absence of politics which, a few days after the vote, does not make a single mention of our category in the electoral programs ".
This is what the Sardinian shepherds complain about, who - also struggling with skyrocketing prices - announce "sensational initiatives if we do not get answers in the short term".
For us too, things have gotten worse - explains Nenneddu Sanna , farmer of Orune among the protagonists of the protests that broke out in 2019 throughout the island to ask for a fair price of milk - also because speculation on workers is dominating. The electricity bill and diesel fuel cost three times , feed and seeds double, just to give some examples - reports Sanna - We must first of all know at what price they will pay us for milk this season and if we have to do it. investments in our companies or if we have to close. So instead the milk processors, the feed mills will unload the increases in the bills on our category and what should we do? Unloading on consumers by selling triple milk and cheese? I fear that our category will be crushed by these crazy prices ".
"There is talk of depopulation and insularity - continues Sanna - right issues, but we do not go to the bottom of the problem. Politicians also speak of workers: if our sector collapses, which is fundamental above all in the countries of central Sardinia, here everything collapses and it is certain that depopulation will continue to gallop . Those who are candidates to represent us in Parliament tell us if they help us or if we have to close. I repeat - concludes Sanna -: without answers we will give life to sensational demonstrations to defend our work and our land ".
(Unioneonline / lf)
