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In the region of A Ulloa (Lugo), in addition to the problems suffered by the countryside in many other places, there is a threat: the possibility that the company Altri-Greenalia will install a macro-cellulose plant in its territory, which would require an enormous volume of water, eucalyptus trees and land and would emit both waste water and a multitude of polluting gases. In addition to the serious consequences that this project would have on human health and the ecosystem, the Altri plant would compete in terms of resources with the main sector in the area: agriculture and livestock farming, jeopardising the viability of the many ecological projects linked to dairy processing that exist in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
More and more people have problems digesting and consuming dairy products, so the demand for alternative milks to traditional cow's milk, such as lactose-free milk, a2a2 milk, oat milk, almond milk, etc. is booming. On the other hand, the rise in the consumption of plant-based milks is also related to the fact that cows, during their own digestive process, emit a lot of methane, one of the gases responsible for global warming. Productive territories are trying to adapt to these new demands, but they are also suffering from indigestion, albeit of a different nature. Theirs is not physiological, but rather metaphorical: an indigestion that has to do with the impact of climate change on the primary sector and the lack of understanding of certain environmentalism and society in general with ways of life that are not only on the verge of extinction and have nothing to do with big agribusiness, but are also potential allies in the fight against climate change and the biodiversity crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Projects as aberrant as Altri's are only proposed in territories that the interested parties understand as empty and destitute spaces where there is nothing of value to safeguard. The narratives that are constructed around this kind of gaze encourage the view of these territories as huge sacrifice zones, and their inhabitants as collateral victims of progress. Far from this portrait, A Ulloa is a full and lively territory, even more so since the appearance of the Altri threat, which is operating as a revulsive force uniting its inhabitants in a common struggle for this landscape-with-world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The huge mobilisation that is taking place against the installation of macro-cellulose is an opportunity, through a kind of cultural rearguard, to highlight the value of the ecosystemic and cultural services provided by extensive farming linked to the production of dairy products in the region, as well as to enunciate desirable futures for A Ulloa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this way, Os contos do leite will generate spaces for coexistence, exchange, celebration and resistance, opening up to reflect on the contemporary discomforts of the countryside and the challenges we face to ensure food, cultural and economic sovereignty in the future of A Ulloa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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