CIE - Centre for International Heritage Activities
Centrum voor Internationale Erfgoedactiviteiten
Food and Heritage
Food began as one of the two things man needed for survival, along with shelter. Today, the world produces 17% more food per person than 30 years ago (Oxfam, Canada). However, there are more refugees than ever before--65 million people, according to UNHCR. These refugees have lost shelter and in many cases food for basic survival. When they do settle or get temporary refuge, they cannot recreate what was torn down or destroyed or what is now far away, but they can remember—and share--their heritage through food. Food is so essential to our identity that Korean kimchi and Uzbekistan palov are two of several foods listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.
Featured Activities
THE GOLDEN HARVEST: Feature Length Documentary
Coming Soon
The Mediterranean Diet is UNESECO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and without olive oil, the Mediterranean Diet does not exist.
The Golden Harvest, a feature length documentary, chronicles the 6,000-year old love story between the people of Mediterranean and olive oil, told through personal stories.
This is a region that has known hundreds of upheavals and wars, including the current refugee crisis. But the olive tree has always been there. In olive oil, people are finding their connection to the past and from that there hopes for the future, whether that be finding an exit out of the Greek economic crisis, surviving the Israeli occupation in Palestine (where olive oil was born), rebuilding a town in Spain through olive oil production, or battling with government over the tearing down of thousand year old trees to stave off a debilitating bug invasion in Italy. These are just some of the stories viewers will encounter in The Golden Harvest.
For more on the film, visit goldenharvestfilm.org
The film is currently in the editing stage, and the filmmakers need support to finish the film. Any profits from the film will go towards The Zig Zag Center, a planned institution to teach underprivileged young people in the Middle East traditional food cultivation and the culinary arts, so that they may work in the food and nutrition industries. To donate to the completion of the film:
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