A journey with "Corriere della Sera" journalist Marilisa Palumbo among Dutch farmers for a podcast on the 2024 European Elections. (
Link below) The Netherlands is the world's second largest exporter of agricultural products after the United States. For decades, governments have encouraged and funded intensive farming and cultivation. The government has spent 25 billion euros trying to resolve the "nitrogen crisis," generously compensating farmers who were asked to close or downsize their businesses, but it was not enough. The government require yet the culling of about half of the livestock.Pete and Anje Grin's farm. Pete and Anje are dairy farmers. They are among the advocates of the protest against the European and later Dutch regulations, which aim to close farms like theirs to safeguard the environment from nitrogen emissions. www.corriere.it/elezioni-europee/questa-e-l-europa/rivolta-agricoltori-olanda/

The good boy is a long term project. On September 16 2023, at the RDS Arena in Dublin (Ireland), The Good Boy, Nicholas Esposito, was supposed to face the host Tyron McKenna for the IBO world welterweight title. The boxer, from 969 Esposito Boxing in Cremona, is undefeated as a professional (17 victories in as many matches) and four-time Italian champion of the category. Due internal problems between Boxing Union of Ireland (BUI) and promoters of the show, September 16’s planned show in Dublin has been deleted. Irish promoters are actively exploring alternative options to reschedule the show in the future. It was a harsh blow for Nicholas Esposito and his team (his father and brother are his coaches). They didn't lose heart and arranged to return to the ring and rebuild Nicholas' career. This was the eighteenth winning match for Nicholas, to return to fighting for more ambitious goals. To be continued...

La separazione, i figli e l’abbandono. Un'altra casa, un altro quotidiano, un altro posto. Il lavoro scomparso, i conti sbagliati e gli stimoli persi. E non sapere cosa fare. Un nuovo figlio, le relazioni difficili, l’amore e il desidero, l’equilibrio precario e inesistente. Le paure, i timori e lo spavento. Arrangiarsi, accontentarsi, fare altro, sopravvivere, un altra vita, un altro se stesso. La dignità, l’orgoglio e la pazienza. Vagare, forse persi, magari solo alla ricerca, ancora, di se stessi. Speranza e futuro, parole sognate.