
The President of the Republic at the inauguration of the Salone del Gusto in Turin
President Sergio Mattarella inaugurated Terra Madre Salone del Gusto in Turin, underlining the importance of biodiversity as a fundamental heritage for humanity and the need for policies that protect its value.
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Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is an international event dedicated to food and biodiversity organized by Slow Food in Turin.
"Biodiversity is a heritage that challenges us. Genetic multiplicity has allowed the human race to develop for millennia, without responsibility, without care for this richness, man can compress it to the point of destroying it, and destroying himself". The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, said this from the stage of the Teatro Regio in Turin, where the inauguration of Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is underway. "Biodiversity needs policies" that are able to attribute the "right value" to it, he underlined.
The President of the Republic then left the Theater and went to Piazza Castello to visit the Slow Food stand, amidst the applause of those present.

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