Wild boar meat distributed in Avigliana

In October, the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps distributed wild boar meat as part of the projects Resto… mangia, Resto… mangia plus, and Food is not wasted, developed by the Environmental Policies Department of the Municipality of Avigliana against food waste and in support of needy families. These are bags containing minced meat from two wild boar culled within the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes by the park rangers as part of the population control activities following the spread of African swine fever.

With the launch of the extraordinary containment measures initiated by the Piedmont Region at the end of 2022, the Park Authority established a specific supply chain for a financially sustainable management of the culled animals which, instead of being disposed of at a cost, are transformed into food resources distributed for charitable purposes to the local residents. Specifically, thanks to an agreement with the Municipality of Avigliana, packages of wild boar meat are included in the boxes intended for families in difficulty identified by the Intermunicipal Social-Assistive Consortium (Conisa Valle di Susa) along with excess goods and unsold products from local markets, supermarkets, and city grocery stores, and from the corporate cafeteria of Azimut Yachts.

From an operational standpoint, the animals hunted by the park rangers are sent to the Rousset Agricultural Company in Oulx for storage pending analysis conducted by the ASL before slaughter and destined for human consumption. According to the agreement signed by the Authority, 70% of the meat intended for food use is retained by the agricultural company to cover the costs of collection, certification, processing, and preservation, while the remaining 30% is vacuum-packed and delivered to eco-volunteers in Avigliana for distribution.

For more information, please refer to the full article on the management by the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps of meat from the wild boar population control activities.