https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Battle lines are being drawn across Italy between the ever-increaseing number of people adopting a vegan diet and the proud defenders of the nation's culinary tradition. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/why-does-italy-have-a-beef-with-vegans Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:22:01 +0200 why-does-italy-have-a-beef-with-vegans Popular Italian TV chef Gianfranco Vissani described vegans as "a sect" and said he would "kill them all", before being swiftly rebuked by a co-presenter on a cooking programme. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italian-tv-chef-provokes-outrage-with-a-tirade-against-vegans Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:21:55 +0200 italian-tv-chef-provokes-outrage-with-a-tirade-against-vegans A proposed law to punish parents for raising children on restrictive diets has provoked outrage from the vegan community around the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20160815/vegans-protest-italys-unfair-law-proposal-parents-backlash Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:33:41 +0200 vegans-protest-italys-unfair-law-proposal-parents-backlash Turin's new Five Star Movement mayor, Chiara Appendino, presented her new council's five-year political programme on Tuesday, which included plans to reduce the amount of animal products eaten in the Piedmont capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20160721/new-mayor-wants-to-turn-turin-into-italys-first-vegan-city Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:51:43 +0200 new-mayor-wants-to-turn-turin-into-italys-first-vegan-city A one-year-old boy in Milan, allegedly being raised on a strict vegan diet, has been taken away from his parents after being hospitalized weighing just five kilograms. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/one-year-old-vegan-weighing-kg-hospitalized-in-milan Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:23:54 +0200 one-year-old-vegan-weighing-kg-hospitalized-in-milan A toddler spent several days in intensive care being treated for vitamin deficiencies and other complications, thought to be caused by her parents' vegan diet. https://www.thelocal.it/20160629/two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:39:43 +0200 two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan Homeless people at a soup kitchen in Bologna threatened to “return to the streets” after being fed vegan food last week by a famous Italian chef. https://www.thelocal.it/20160426/homeless-snub-famous-italian-chefs-vegan-dishes Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:54:39 +0200 homeless-snub-famous-italian-chefs-vegan-dishes A court in the northern Italian province of Alto Adige has ruled that a nursery school was wrong to expel a child whose mother requested that he be fed a vegan diet. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/school-wrong-to-expel-vegan-child-says-court Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:34:25 +0200 school-wrong-to-expel-vegan-child-says-court The vegan parents of an 11-month-year-old baby who is being treated for severe malnutrition at a hospital in Florence are being investigated by police. https://www.thelocal.it/20150703/italian-vegan-parents-probed-for-malnourished-baby Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:43:28 +0200 italian-vegan-parents-probed-for-malnourished-baby A row has erupted in north-eastern Italy after a priest reportedly refused to host a vegan book launch, claiming that the meat- and dairy-free diet can prompt eating disorders. https://www.thelocal.it/20140227/veganism-can-cause-anorexia-italian-priest Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:31:00 +0100 veganism-can-cause-anorexia-italian-priest Italy may be a notoriously difficult country for vegetarians and vegans but on Tuesday it was home to the largest vegan sandwich in the world, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20131003/photo-of-the-day-italy-sets-vegan-panino-record Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:52:00 +0200 photo-of-the-day-italy-sets-vegan-panino-record