On October 16, the world celebrates World Food Day, an annual initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This year, one of its newest Food Heroes isn't an individual farmer, chef, or food entrepreneur. It's an entire community: Pollica, a small municipality in the Cilento area of southern Italy, where the Mediterranean Diet isn't simply a way of eating. It's a way of life.
Pollica is a Mediterranean Diet UNESCO community, recognized for preserving the traditions and cultural practices that make the Mediterranean Diet so much more than a collection of healthy foods. Here, generations of fishermen, farmers, families, and local residents have maintained a close relationship with the land, the sea, and one another. Sustainable fishing, seasonal agriculture, shared meals, and the passing down of knowledge are woven into everyday life, and the community's FAO recognition is a celebration of the people who keep these traditions alive.
I spoke with Sara Roversi, founder of the Future Food Institute, who has been working closely with the community of Pollica.
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