Tuesday, March 5, a meeting with the Minister of Agricultural Policies and Tourism Gian Marco Centinaio took place at Terrazza Colombo, which experimented with the mortar and with the preparation of the Genoese Pesto before answering the questions of Maurizio Rossi, Primocanale publisher and of the operators of the interested sectors involved by the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa.
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In addition to talking about issues related to tourism and agricultural products of our country during the meeting they also talked about Pesto, the creator of the World Championship Roberto Panizza has relaunched the battle for Unesco recognition for Pesto as an intangible heritage of Humanity.
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The Liguria Region, the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa and Unioncamere Liguria, the Municipality of Genoa, the University and countless other Ligurian Municipalities, cultural and business associations, Italian and foreign institutions and institutes together with the Palatifini Association support indeed the candidacy of Mortar Made Genoese Pesto at the Italian National Commission for UNESCO as a best practice of the immaterial cultural heritage of humanity.
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The Minister Centinaio declared his commitment to support this important goal: “It’s an insidious and complicated journey, the prosecco friends know something about it, but we have to believe it, pesto deserves it because it’s a product of great quality. Maybe I will not be the Minister to see the end of the path, but it is right to move forward “.
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Here is the link to see the whole interview
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