ROMA (ITALPRESS) – UNESCO has recognized the Italian Food World Heritage. The premier Giorgia Meloni has announced this. “Today UNESCO has recognized the Italian Food World Heritage. We are the first in the world to obtain this recognition, which honors what we are and our identity. Because for us Italians the kitchen is not only food or a set of recipes. It is much more: culture, tradition, work, wealth.” So the President of the Council in a video message. “Our kitchen is born from agricultural chains that combine quality and sustainability. It preserves a millennial heritage that is handed down from generation to generation. It grows in the excellence of our producers and becomes a masterpiece in the mastery of our cooks. And it is presented by our restaurateurs with their extraordinary teams – explains Meloni -. It is a primacy that engulfs us, and gives us a formidable tool to enhance even more our products and protect them more effectively from unfair imitation and competition. Already today we export 70 billion euros of agri-food, and we are the first economy in Europe for added value of agriculture. This recognition will give the Italian System a decisive impetus to achieving new goals.”.
“The government has believed from the beginning in this challenge and has done its part to achieve this result, and I thank first of all the Ministers Lollobrigida and Giuli for following the dossier. But it’s a game we didn’t play alone. We won this challenge together with the Italian people, together with our fellow countrymen abroad, together with all those who love our culture, our identity and our lifestyle in the world. Today we celebrate a victory of Italy. The victory of an extraordinary nation which, when he believes in himself and is aware of what he is able to do, has no rivals and can amaze the world. Experience Italian cuisine! Live Italy!”, the premier concludes.
LOLLOBRIGIDA “FESTA CHE APPARTIENE A TUTTI”
“La Cucina Italiana is a World Heritage Site. Today Italy has won and is a feast that belongs to all because it speaks of our roots, our creativity and our ability to transform tradition into universal value.” Thus the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Francesco Lollobrigida, commenting on the recognition of Unesco to the Italian Cuisine World Heritage. “This recognition celebrates the strength of our culture that is national identity, pride and vision – Minister Lollobrigida continues –. The Italian Cuisine is the story of all of us, of a people who guarded their knowledge and transformed them into excellence, generation after generation. It is the feast of families that hand down ancient flavors, farmers who guard the land, producers who work with passion, restaurateurs who bring in the world the authentic value of Italy. To them and to those who have worked with dedication to this application goes my deepest thanks”.
“This recognition is a reason for pride but also of awareness of the further enhancement of our products, our territories, our subsidiaries. It will also be an additional tool to counter those who try to take advantage of the value that the whole world recognizes to Made in Italy and will represent new opportunities to create jobs, wealth on the territories and continue in the wake of this tradition that UNESCO has recognized as a World Heritage Site”, concludes Minister Lollobrigida.
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