This year, Sustainable Gastronomy Day (June 18) - an art of food observance - was celebrated as a virtual event by UN agencies to re-establish the importance and relevance of local food and cuisine as a part of sustainable development.
"As the COVID-19 pandemic is still unfolding across the globe, sustainable gastronomy - celebrating seasonal ingredients and producers, preserving wildlife as well as our culinary traditions - is today more relevant than ever," is the message this year.
According to the UN, the idea that agriculture, fishing or even preparation of food be done in a way that is 'not wasteful of our natural resources and can be continued into the future without being detrimental to our environment or health.'
The message is that sustainable gastronomy in form of cuisine that takes into account where the ingredients are from, how the food is grown and how it gets to our markets and eventually to our plates through cooking in clean energy.
The observance is meant to acknowledges gastronomy as a cultural expression related to the natural and cultural diversity of the world, holds the UN
In Rajasthan, we need to
get back ‘dal and bati’ and ‘occasional churma’ as a part of devoting this year of ;year to just live’.
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