Here we are. The Expo 2015 is open, or, at least, it’s not a theoretical purpose any more.
But, why we have chosen food as the main theme of this event?
Food is a primary need for human beings, it’s not a common serious issue, nor the paramount value of a rational society.
Probably, the theme is not ” food”, but what food means nowadays, indeed.
Plutarch said : “We do not sit at the table to eat… but to eat together”.
Today, we long for company, even if we don’t realise. Food is an old and awesome way to stay with other people.
Although food is a great wealth, we managed to change it in an awful poverty. For instance, in some countries many children still suffer from malnutrition, as people in richest countries have a poor mind regarding the cultural value of food.
As a consequence, today’s diets are unhealthier than in the past, people don’t behave wisely towards food. There is a lot of evidence that food problems , such as obesity, are now a huge concern in Europe as well as in USA. That may have a significant impact on life expentancy.
Moreover, we should pay attention on the impoverishment of nature: it’s time to ” feed our Planet”.
Therefore, now, in 2015, we discovered the importance of food, but I wonder if you are aware of that. How do you consider the food? How could it be “energy for life”? And, above all, how can we change it in wealth?
Eureka! 