Catania After a great farewell on Friday night from my new friends (I better warn my family that I’ve invited them all to New Orleans – and they’re coming!) and colleagues with La Citta in Paterno (sausage pizza and a dessert that was chocolate cake from heaven!), only hours later it was full steam …
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On the Farm in Paterno: Organic versus Fair Trade
Paterno I had been to Paolo Guarnaccia’s family farm in 2009 when a group of us had dinner with his family while talking about the Simeto Valley. Now I saw it differently as we joined his wife for a simple and delicious lunch there. I had not fully realized that the farm was still in Paterno, …
Hard Choices, Right Process: Deal Making in Paterno, Cairo, & New Orleans
Paterno After days of discussion sometimes heated and dramatic, the leadership of the La Citta civic movement in Paterno had come to the crossroads where they had to make decisions. The right-leaning party had chosen a candidate for mayor and attracted some support from the center as well. This meant that if La Citta could come …