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How the Mafia Is Ruining Naples's Food Scene
Pollution and illegal dumping have destroyed area farms, creating a kind of anti-locavore movement.
People around the world have embraced the local food movement as a way to support local economies, eat healthier and reduce their carbon footprint. Residents of Naples, Italy, however, are doing just the opposite.
Napolitanos like Antonio Trotta read grocery store labels to avoid eating local fruit and vegetables, meat, even the region’s famed buffalo mozzarella produced in eastern Campania, outside Naples.