Emanuele Amo, Author at Agricultural and Rural Convention

Articles by Emanuele Amo

About Emanuele Amo

Emanuele Amo graduated in Humanities at the Università degli Studi di Torino (University of Turin), Italy in 2016. In 2018 he received a MSc in Human Geography from the University of Bristol. For his MSc thesis on the Slow Food Movement he has been awarded by the University of Bristol with the 'Outstanding Research Prize 2017-2018'. In September 2019 he started a PhD in Human Geography at Aberystwyth University. His PhD research relates to a global community of food producers called Terra Madre developed by Slow Food since 2004.

Coping with Covid – Struggles and Resilience of Small-Scale Cheesemakers in Italy

April 27, 2020 Emanuele Amo

For Raflazz farm resilience is a way of life. The Adami family has been making artisanal cheese for generations here in the hills of Piedmont. When Italy shut down its restaurants on March 9, the farm had nowhere to sell its cheeses and meat. In another brutal blow, receipts from the farmhouse restaurant and B&B disappeared overnight. Raflazz is adapting fast, but like many small-scale farms it will need life support to survive the lockdown. Emanuele Amo reports from Piedmont. […]