Fuori di Zucca is a social promotion association (APS) in the historic center of Perugia that was born in 2016 from an idea of the NGO Tamat realized in collaboration with the association Fiorivano le Viole. Fuori di Zucca's goal is to promote the concept of food sovereignty by fostering the direct producer-consumer relationship, respect and fair pay for those working in the production chain, ethical and sustainable productions, sharing information on the food-health relationship, and social cooperation. 
The main activity that the association currently carries out is that of the Solidarity Purchasing Group (G.A.S.). "G.A.S. are groups of people who organize to buy food or everyday products together. Purchasing is done according to the principle of solidarity, which leads them to prefer small and local producers who respect the environment and people, with whom they establish a direct relationship." (http://www.economiasolidale.net/content/cose-un-gas). 
G.A.S. was started in 2016 by a group of five people with the goal of creating a small community that would buy in a conscious and alternative way. The first step was to define the philosophy of the G.A.S. and establish the requirements needed to identify producers to contact. The following summarizes the cardinal principles on which the Purchasing Group is based: 
- the group is directly run by consumer members and not by producers although the producer/consumer relationship is direct and based on mutual trust, constant dialogue and active participation in GAS life; 
The GAS of Fuori di Zucca responds to the need to get, even in the historic center of a logistically complex city like Perugia, "healthy" products from the nearby countryside. The collective management of the volunteers and the decision not to make any mark-up on the products allows the GAS to be accessible also from an economic point of view, countering the idea, increasingly widespread by the Large-scale Retail Trade, that "organic" means "expensive" and reserved for the wealthier social classes. 
Since 2018 Fuori di Zucca has also started the "Fuori Dispensa" initiative through which it guarantees, thanks to the contribution of members and producers, support to people in need by providing weekly food shopping with GAS products.
 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fuoridizuccaperugia/ 

Mail: domenico.lizzi@tamat.org; gasfuoridizucca@gmail.com 
 

SGD 1 – No Poverty
Fuori Di zucca help people in  vulnerable situations to have access to good quality food 
SGD 2 – Zero Hunger
The most relevant direct social benefit of Fuori Di zucca is the fight against
hunger, by guaranteeing a permanent and sustainable food
distribution system.
SGD 3 - Good health and well-being
The food distributed by Fuori Di zucca is safe and nutritious, social proximity market  which contributes to the health and well-being of people and society

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