It is now superfluous to mention that food waste is one of the greatest damages of our century. Yet, never as at Christmas and on festive occasions is it good to reiterate how fundamental the role that each of us plays within the food system is.

Abundant lunches and sumptuous dinners, but also snacks with panettone, pandoro, dried fruit and panforte: it is food that sets the pace of Italian Christmas, a lot of food that often, inevitably, is left over. How to fix this? First, with making donations.