In December 2018, citizens’ committees of Italy, which are fighting pesticides contamination in the north if the country, gathered in Venice along with Navdanya International, Isde – International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Legambiente Verona and Aveprobi where the the “Stop Pesticides March” (Marcia Stop Pesticidi) coordination task force was created, also as part of Navdanya International’s Poison Free Food and Farming network. In previous years, the  committees had organized the Stop Pesticides March, which has been the biggest demonstration of this kind in Italy. In 2019 the march will take place on 19 May.