Historical Connections and Cultural Influences
The Mediterranean Sea has uniquely shaped historical connections and cultural influences since ancient times. This melting pot of diversity made the Mediterranean an important hub for the exchange of products, culinary knowledge and cultural influences which, once brought together and enriched by one another, formed this unique cultural heritage. Even today, the importance of the […]
Agri-Culture Youth Welfare
How can we activate entrepreneurship within a context where school dropout and unemployment rates are among the highest in our country? This was the challenge at the heart of “Agri-Culture – Youth Welfare,” a project launched in June 2021, working side by side with young people from Pollica, in the heart of the Mediterranean Basin. […]
Food Innovation
It is clear that the current agrifood system cannot continue with the business-as-usual model that has led us toward the unprecedented challenges we face today. It is overdue for disruption. When we talk about food, innovation is a word that can be applied to different contexts and scenarios, with countless interpretations. From global to local, […]
Sustainable Development of a Territory
During the second day of celebrations of the Mediterranean Diet, we tried to determine which elements can promote the sustainable development of a territory, with a specific focus on rural and marginalised areas, as found in many parts of Italy and Europe. As usual, we began this reflection from the food sector, because it connects […]
The Iconic Value Chains of the Mediterranean Diet
The agri-food system of the Mediterranean region is a unique melting pot of diversity: morphological and hydrogeological diversity, or geo-diversity; diversity of crop varieties, or agro-biodiversity; landscape diversity; and diversity of flora and fauna, or bio-diversity. The truth is that we cannot separate a territory from its agricultural production. Every territory has its own identity, […]
Mediterranean Diet – UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Today, 16 November 2021, we celebrate from Pollica, in Cilento, the 11th anniversary of the UNESCO recognition of the Mediterranean Diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. On this occasion, we invited a variety of speakers to take part in this important event. The Mediterranean Diet is a heritage that belongs to everyone, and […]
Mediterranean History
Pollica and the Cilento region are located in a unique historical and cultural context. Situated at the border between the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia and the indigenous Etruscan and Lucanian peoples, Pollica and its neighbouring areas have welcomed heroes, thinkers and explorers. At the centre of the Mediterranean Basin, Pollica has always embodied the […]
World Biodiversity Forum 2022
Nature has always taught us that prosperity and survival are the result of a dense web of connections and relationships. Without nature, we could not have food, without food we could not have conviviality, without conviviality identity, without identity we would not have traditions. Since ancient Greece, the word Paideia means exactly this: integral education […]
