The eighth edition of “i Limoni per la Ricerca” is underway, a project created thanks to the collaboration between the Umberto Veronesi Ets Foundation and Citrus l’Orto Italiano, which finances – according to a note – the work of doctors and researchers who have decided to dedicate their lives to scientific research.
The initiative, scheduled from 3 to 16 March, provides that Sicilian lemons of the primofiore variety, called in this way because they are obtained from the first flowering of the plants, will be sold in special 500 gram nets distributed throughout Italy in supermarkets, hypermarkets and discount stores that participate. With the solidarity activity, for each retina put on sale at a cost of 2 euros, Citrus will donate 40 cents to the Umberto Veronesi Ets Foundation to finance researchers.
The initiative is supported by Federdistribuzione, which has made it possible to finance – thanks to previous editions – the annual work of 45 doctors and researchers.
“Supporting – states Monica Ramaioli, general director of Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Ets. – scientific research is a constant and collective commitment which aims to make a concrete contribution to improving the lives of thousands of sick people. Precisely for this reason the Foundation For more than twenty years, it has continued to maintain its founder’s mission by funding the best researchers and projects of the highest scientific profile, characterized by the ability to quickly transfer results from the laboratory to clinical practice on patients”.
“Happy to renew, for the eighth consecutive year – comments Marianna Palella, CEO and Founder of Citrus l’Orto Italiano – our partnership with the Veronesi Foundation which for years has been carrying forward an initiative in which we strongly believe and in which we have committed all ourselves, since the first edition in 2017. A project that is arousing more and more interest on the part of the consumer and also of large-scale retail trade, aware of being able to give voice to the importance of scientific research which must be considered an increasingly important value for this Village”.
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