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On Barbara Kornfeld
The end of October marked a very singular way of inaugurating All Saints for some residents of the Municipality of Velia: In fact, the fruit of the millenary olive trees was collected for the first time inside the archaeological park to obtain high quality extra virgin olive oil.
If the ancestors of these citizens of the Cilento National Park, Vallo di Diano and Alburni had read such news in a local newspaper, they would have laughed and crooked the nose: At the time, the seasons did not feel the climate change and the best oil was the one produced with a high altitude: Today, however, the percentage of oleic acid within the olives is appreciable everywhere and the only real threat to the precious fruit is the "Oliaria Moscow".
The direction of the archaeological parks of Paestum and Velia makes it known - through social channels - that "the abundance of the harvest marks the beginning of an ambitious path for the creation of an exclusive olive oil, which will be officially presented in the coming weeks during a dedicated event ".
In these days, so, The collection took place and at the moment the precious product is underway, Waiting for the future, hoped for PGI brand.
The archaeological site stands out for its great attention to biodiversity, One of the many examples is represented by the active involvement of tourists and residents - in particular young people and students - in initiatives included in the cost of the ticket: like the one held in mid -October, when (on the pretext of collecting and tasting the fruits of the pomegranate together), A high -sustainability cultural thickness event took place.
It was an opportunity to highlight the link between nature, biodiversity and ease of transmission of historical-scientific concepts. And that's how between a juice, A slice of cake - all rigorously based on the precious fruit - the lucky participants have experienced a sort of contemporary ritual, as the organizers defined it, and they internalized that pomegranate is a symbol of fertility, regeneration and abundance since the mists of time, or since the Greeks associated it with the representations of their goddess Hera.
