Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – During the third World Congress of Public Health Nutrition in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, two Italians, Roberto Capone, administrator of Ciheam Bari, and Sandro Dernini, FAO expert, received the prestigious “Award Iacon-SENC 2014 – Excellence in Food Sustainability” award. The award represents the culmination of a collaboration process between CIHEAM Bari and FAO, launched in 2011 with the joint organization of the international workshop “Guidelines for the sustainability of the Mediterranean diet” in Bari. In 2012, the collaboration led to the international seminar on “Sustainability of food systems in the Mediterranean” held in Malta. At the World Congress, the Italian experts presented the Mediterranean diet as a case study for the characterization and evaluation of sustainable diets in the world. (9Colonne)
