Abruzzo is a region worth caring about — and that means staying informed, getting involved, and sometimes speaking up. Community & Advocacy covers the issues that shape daily life here: local governance, environmental challenges, social initiatives, and the rights and realities of living in Abruzzo as a foreign national. We report with balance and context, but we won’t shy away from calling things out when communities are being let down, overlooked, or pushed around. Because belonging somewhere means more than just living there. It means showing up for it.
September never tragically arrived for the highly endangered Marsican Bear, Amarena. She was named after her love of eating the wild black cherries (Amarena in Italian) that grow abundantly in the Abruzzo.
Whilst Italy is battered and burns, Abruzzo builds another ski-resort slap bang in a regional park to put additional strain on our beautiful natural resources and further deplete the water stocks.
This year we’ve decided to work on our sustainability and have created Bag Abruzzo for our 'Don't Let it Burn' campaign. Each cloth bag tells a story about Abruzzo, which is always a great conversation opener and means to promote our favourite region
Alongside the wonderful cheese awards presented to Abruzzo's finest artisan producers was the expose in L'Espresso of how Abruzzo's pastoralists are under threat by the presence of the Grazing Mafia across the region. Here's how you can help!
