Next 24-29 May, 2020, the First Edition of "MEDEA - MEditerranean diet, bioDivErsity and functionAl food" Summer School will take place in Catania, Sicily. MEDEA is a cultural, scientific and sensorial journey to understand the cultivation, transformation and tasting of the Mediterranean diet food from organic farming through lectures and in field experiences.
The program will last 5 days, each one dedicated to a specific thematic area. Frontal lectures given by university professors and professionals from different research areas will give a modern and up-to-date interpretation of how excellent products have always been at the base of the Mediterranean diet.
Topics Covered:
- Mediterranean diet, nutraceutics, functional food diet – microbiota interaction
- Ancient grains and different cultivars
- visit to "Stazione Sperimentale di Granicoltura"
- on Etna slopes and different cultivars
- Field visit to Etna
- Citrus cultivation, exotic plants and different cultivars
- Field visit around acireale and taormina
- Organic aquaculture, honey and oil
- Field visit to nucellare oil cultivar
Program Coordinator
Rosario Musumeci
Scientific committee University of Milano-Bicocca
Rosario Musumeci
Paola Palestini
Emanuela Cazzaniga
Alessandra Bulbarelli
The deadline to apply is 15 March 2020. More info on http://summerschoolbicocca.com/20-medea-summer-school.php
