We are thrilled to announce our upcoming summer programs, designed to inspire and educate the next generation on the values and traditions of the Mediterranean culture, critical elements for a sustainable future. The Future Food Institute (FFI) has been at the forefront of integrating Mediterranean identity and values into educational initiatives for over a decade. […]
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With this training module we present the UNESCO National Network of Mediterranean Diet communities. The National Network of Mediterranean Diet Communities was established by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies to promote, enhance and safeguard the Mediterranean Diet and to implement virtuous paths for the promotion and protection of the UNESCO element. Who […]
This lesson will discuss the Charter of Values for the Mediterranean Diet. The Charter of Values is composed of two parts. The first part defines the Mediterranean Diet and addresses why it must be protected, while the second part is concerned with the ‘pledge’ or commitments which must be upheld by those who sign the […]
The MedDiet 4.0 project was created to demonstrate in a visual and accessible way the four principal aspects related to the Mediterranean Diet and its sustainability. The Mediterranean Diet has long been known for its high value on health and the recognition of UNESCO as an intangible Cultural Heritage. But there are four dimensions, not […]
This video lesson focuses on the socio-cultural sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet. The Mediterranean Diet is a way of life; a complex system of shared knowledge localized in a particular geographic region where biodiversity, food production, nutrition, economy and cultural rituals are closely linked. For its value as a way of life, the Mediterranean Diet […]
This lesson addresses the question of obtaining recognition as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, using the example of a recent Italian case. The images in the background here are images of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris at Place de Fontenoy, where negotiations can be seen in course under the auspices of the United Nations last October, […]
One of the core values of the Mediterranean Diet, a value recognized by UNESCO as part of the Mediterranean lifestyle, is conviviality. Eating together is as important today as it was in the time of the ancient Greeks, when they gathered together in the symposium to eat. In fact it is no coincidence that one […]
When UNESCO recognized the Mediterranean Diet as intangible cultural heritage on November 16, 2010, certain locations were selected to give a face to this abstract idea. UNESCO chose the communities they found to be most representative of the Mediterranean Diet and lifestyle, and these communities were given the name ’emblematic communities’. There were four such […]
On November 16, 2010 The Mediterranean Diet was officially recognized as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. When we use the term diet today, we speak of ways to lose weight, eliminating certain foods and arriving at a rigorously limited list of permitted foods, having excluded butter, pasta, fried foods etc. The Mediterranean Diet couldn’t be […]
The Triad of the Mediterranean Diet, though having ancient roots, has been restyled and redefined by Christianity and is still quite present today. When southern Europe and the Mediterranean basin was converted to Christianity, the fundamental elements of the triad remained. Old myths were not abandoned, partly because of their grip on peoples’ collective imagination, […]
