Gastronomy Webinar | Food Heritage: Quo Vadis?, 19 November 2025

Food heritage expresses the deep link between biodiversity, culture, and ecology. Traditional foodways and agricultural practices embody biocultural values—knowledge, skills, and meanings rooted in long-term human–environment interactions. These values are essential for the resilience of local food systems and for maintaining both ecological balance and cultural identity.

Amid global homogenization and climate change, protecting food heritage is vital for future sustainability. This webinar presents case studies of local food valorization and offers models of social cohesion, sustainable rural development, and ethical relations with nature.

It examines how food heritage and local ecological knowledge can inform regenerative, culturally grounded food systems that nourish both people and the planet.

Date: 19 November 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. CET to 6:30 p.m. CET
Register in advance for this webinar at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017617507778/WN_8hVBrGOOT-mj1PFHkSmNmg
Webinar ID: 849 3258 2036
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Webinar announcement: https://sciforum.net/event/Gastronomy-1

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CET	Time in EST
Prof. Andrea Pieroni (Chair) Chair Introduction	5:00–5:10 p.m.	11:00–11:10 a.m.
Prof. Rosi Song Heritage and Flexibility: Foodtrends from a Global Perspective	5:10–5:30 p.m.	11:10–11:30 a.m.
Prof. Michele Fontefrancesco Building heritage, building futures. The case of oltrepizze in Voghera, NW Italy	5:30–5:50 p.m.	11:30–11:50 a.m.
Prof. Dauro Mattia Zocchi Reactivating Food Heritage in Borderland Mountains: Participatory Practices and New Trajectories of Valorisation between Tirano and Poschiavo	5:50–6:10 p.m.	11:50–12:10 p.m.
Q&A Session	6:10–6:25 p.m.	12:10–12:25 p.m.
Prof. Andrea Pieroni Closing of Webinar	6:25–6:30 p.m.	12:25–12:30 p.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic or institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Andrea Pieroni, Ethnobotany and Ethnobiology, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, Pollenzo, I-12042 Cuneo, Italy;
Prof. Rosi Song, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, Durham University, UK;
Prof. Michele Fontefrancesco, Department of Sociology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy;
Prof. Dauro Mattia Zocchi, University of Bergamo, Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Culture.