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How will the school canteen change after the emergency? – Italian Cuisine


Cirfood and the Municipality of Reggio Emilia will try to understand it in the coming months, activating the project Feed the School for children in summer camps

The month of September will finally see millions and millions of children Italians return to school. The health emergency, at that point, should be sufficiently under control to allow young students to resume their routine, made up of smiles, emotions, freedom, moments of growth in the company of friends and teachers. Most of the habits, however, will necessarily have to be reviewed and corrected: starting from the entrance to the classroom for lessons, to arrive until the time of lunch in canteen.

Yes, because just like what happened for company restaurants – and as the Technical-Scientific Committee set up to deal with the epidemic of coronavirus – school canteens will also have to be rethought. Getting to a common, applicable and safe protocol, however, could be more complicated than expected: and that's exactly why Cirfood, a cooperative company engaged in collective catering, has decided to launch the project We feed the school, in collaboration with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and the support of Politecnico di Milano and ofUniversity of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo. Objective: to make the most of the summer months to identify the rules and good practices of a new normality still to be invented.

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From school to community

There safety is – and will remain – without any doubt the top priority in view of the return to class in September. So that they can reopen their doors it is therefore essential that children and their families acquire new social habits, new awareness of behavior that ensure a safe return. For six weeks, from mid-June to the end of July, the children of Reggio Emilia who will participate in the summer centres of the city will be joined by educators and experts to learn a new way of studying, eating, playing and, more generally, living outside the home. All in a path that intends to touch digital, artistic, food, health, mobility and civic sense.

But the project will obviously not only affect the little ones. It will test all the actors involved in the necessary changes due to the coronavirus, from institutions to private companies, from teachers to families, from complementary mobility services to catering services. The Polytechnic of Milan, with a mixed working group between the Department of Management Engineering and the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, will work in this sense on a real system experimentation, applying a model that will evaluate the school as an enabling moment for the restart of the whole community. With a particular focus on value of food and its implications. Cirfood, for its part, will take care of promoting the activities of food education, through games and workshops. And, at the same time, with the consultation of the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, he will take care of developing innovative solutions so that children can be guaranteed a healthy and balanced meal, in total safety.

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The new canteen

It is quite clear that the restart of school catering will have to foresee new rules to ensure that each student is able to consume their meal in the best possible way, safely, of course, but also with the right dose of light-heartedness. Why not, contrary to what one might think, the canteen it is not a simple accessory service of the school, as the president of Cirfood points out Chiara Nasi: «Mealtime has always had a real social and nutritional function. The closure of schools and catering services has therefore led to a double loss for families and children. Just think that for some, the meal at school was the only healthy part of the day and Istat data confirms it. In Italy one in four children is obese due to an unbalanced diet. Our goal is to return to guarantee an important moment of conviviality, proper nutrition and nutrition education to all 300 thousand students we serve every day in over 480 Municipalities in Italy .

It will be essential, however, to review every single aspect of the stay in the canteen, even from a strictly practical point of view. For this reason, various solutions are under consideration, which could be tested in the coming months in Reggio Emilia: from Maintenance crew for the entrances, which would therefore lead to fewer students sharing the canteen tables at the same time, the possibility of taking advantage of unprecedented spaces for lunch, such as gyms, courtyards and yes, even wanting the same classes; up to the distribution of lunch-box – as suggested by the same Ministry of Education in its guidelines for reopening – or more technological solutions, which could for example allow parents to choose the daily menu for their children via app, avoiding them having to queue with the tray in hand in front of the positions of first, second, vegetables and so on.

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Help for parents too

No, the school is not a car park for children, but there is no doubt that it also plays a fundamental role in the life of parents, to allow them to work with serenity. And it is precisely thinking of the parents, and more generally of the relationship between school and families, that an additional innovative service could be experienced in Reggio Emilia: a sort of take-away on reservation, which would allow mom and dad to collect, together with their child, even dinner to be heated at home. The menu, in this case, would always be designed to ensure a healthy and balanced meal, and could be withdrawn directly from a personal locker.

"The start of the project We feed the School in Reggio Emilia is important to us because this is where we were born and have our headquarters", continues Chiara Nasi. "It is the place where the Crifood District will be built, the innovation center dedicated to the themes of nutrition and the future of food, and where the so-called Nutrition Valley. A terroir on which traditions, skills and experiments gravitate for an innovation of social and cultural value through food, which remains a real heritage of the whole Emilia-Romagna region ".

Barilla and Fabio Volo united to support the bodies involved in the Covid-19 emergency – Italian Cuisine

Barilla and Fabio Volo united to support the bodies involved in the Covid-19 emergency


Barilla is sponsor of Fabio Volo's new live format, The Orchite Show, together to donate the sum of 100,000 euros to entities engaged in the protection and support of local communities severely affected by the coronavirus

A beneficial sponsorship, that of Barilla who wanted to support The Orchite Show, the new live project on Instagram by Fabio Volo; a light and home-made format designed to keep the public company during these delicate weeks.

The Orchite Show

A project with an ironic title, inspired by the feeling of dissatisfaction that accompanied this period. A spontaneous, sincere program with great guests, VIPs, singers, actors, chefs and the super star of the show, Mrs. Annamaria, a very nice pensioner who with her genuine laugh has conquered everyone. Among the many characters who participated in The Orchite Show also star chef Davide Oldani, who shared his simple and delicious recipe, with Barilla spaghetti n.5 and a tasty Piennolo cherry tomato sauce.

And the laughter never ends, with the funny videos that cheered us in this quarantine, the irony of Fabio Volo from Brescia and the most electrifying comments from the listeners. A program that enters the homes of Italians with cakes and candles to blow out, pajama parties, improvised weddings, funny jokes and in every episode the moment of gratitude with the column thank you, graziella and thanks to … all doctors, nurses, radiologists and professionals committed daily to fighting the emergency, bringing them a little energy, positivity and a moment of light-heartedness.

Barilla and Fabio Volo: a charity project

The heartfelt and familiar nature of the creative format makes its breakthrough in the heart of Barilla, which fully reflects the spirit of #aCasaConBarilla, the leitmotiv of the story proposed by the company since the beginning of this emergency, to keep people lightly company and creativity on social networks.
And it is precisely the desire to try to transform this particular and in some ways painful moment into something more positive, which has led to the consolidation of the collaboration between Fabio Volo and Barilla, in order to define further socio-humanitarian projects to support organizations and associations engaged in the front line to deal with the Covid-19 emergency and, in particular, the choice of Barilla, in agreement with the author, of donate the sum of 100,000 euros to entities engaged in the protection and support of local communities.

Guest of honor of thelast episode, online from Sunday 24 May, it will be Luca Barilla, vice president of the Group. During his speech, he will be the protagonist of the ceremony signing a special check prepared by the show; a symbolic rite with which to give voice to the company's donation.
Fabio Volo wanted to thank Barilla for supporting the project and, in an atmosphere of sincere and mutual respect, Luca Barilla also underlined the immense gratitude and enthusiasm that accompanied this perhaps unusual, but decidedly energetic and precious union.
"For many years Fabio Volo has been filling some areas of Italian life with his delightful company, and in this difficult moment for everyone, we are happy to join him by supporting his program born with the aim of giving a concrete hand to those who need it most, "he said Luca Barilla, Group vice president.
"When I started The Orchite show, a program that was born as a game, I could never have imagined that such an important, large and serious company could be interested in supporting such a project. I am honored, flattered and happy that laughing and joking we will be able to do something concrete for the families who need it. A program born in the kitchen that with the help of Barilla helps families I would say it is perfect! " commented Fabio Volo.

The donation of 100,000 euros it will be half donated to Food Bank and half as an offer to the charitable activity of theApostolic almsgiving, to support the country and people in difficulty. Moved by the desire to be close to Italy, Barilla is always at work to find new ways to enter the homes of Italians and bring them many great news, not to be missed.

The Carlsberg Foundations donate 13 million to support the coronavirus emergency – Italian Cuisine

The Carlsberg Foundations donate 13 million to support the coronavirus emergency


The Carlsberg, New Carlsberg and Tuborg Foundations have allocated an extraordinary grant of 13 million euros to support society and research to combat coronavirus

The three foundations of the Carlsberg family – Carlsberg, New Carlsberg is Tuborg – offer their support for the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) with the donation of 95 million Danish crowns, or approximately 13 million euros. A donation that will cover various sectors, from scientific research to the world of art.

Donations from the Carlsberg Foundation will fund 3 projects scientific research on Covid-19: the first 8 million euros will support the search for new diagnostic methods, treatment is prevention of the virus to manage the epidemic and to give the world a chance to be ready in the event of future epidemics. The research will be conducted by a scientific group of internationally renowned Virology researchers in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, the University of Aarhus and the Serum Institute.
A second donation will be dedicated to understanding, also through thebig data analysis, the impact of our choices on the evolution of the virus. The study will be conducted by a group of social and humanities researchers in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, the University of Aarhus and the Danish Polytechnic.
The third part of the donation will help develop analysis models to understand how and why a virus can turn into a global epidemic, from formation to disappearance, or how it becomes part of seasonal diseases. The research will be conducted by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Roskilde.

4 million euros also from the New Carlsberg Foundation, to support in Denmark i museums affected by the crisis through the activation of programs that will allow them to attract visitors when they reopen.

800 thousand euros from the Tuborg Foundation, which supports the commitment of Young people for a sustainable future, to a pool of emergency professionals in youth organizations to launch activities to support people affected by COVID-19. The Foundation will also monitor the need to support businesses affected by the pandemic, such as the music venues that have always been supported by the Tuborg Foundation.

«At a time when COVID-19 is developing exponentially around the world, we are delighted to have been able to activate a collaboration between some of the leading researchers globally to help solve the huge challenges we are facing. Since their creation, the foundations of the Carlsberg family have been committed to supporting the communities in critical moments. Today, more than ever, we need science and researchers to find a solution capable of solving the crisis and developing knowledge that lasts over time . These are the words of the professor Flemming Besenbacher, president of the Carlsberg Foundation.

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