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At the heart of this conversation with Andrea Rasca , he shares his unique perspective on the future of food and the driving forces behind MoM's mission. He cuts through the noise and gets straight to the point about how we can make real change. We often hear the phrase 'lifelong passion’, but passions are rarely born in a vacuum. Walk me through the formative moments that sparked your interest in food. Was it a particular person, a place, a meal? You're right, passions ra

LOST IN TRANSLATION: LIFE OF A JAPANESE GIRL IN ITALY I had the opportunity to spend a month of my summer doing an internship in Mantova, a city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. My favourite view in the city was the one I would see from Ponte di San Giorgio on my way from where I was staying into the city centre. As I reached Ponte di San Giorgio, the stretch of land that had continued up to that point suddenly gave way, and the view opened onto the lake on both sid

September arrives. The clock ticks faster. People drop short-term diet fads. They look for food that genuinely supports digestion, immunity, and well-being over the new season. Fermented products like kefir, kimchi, and kombucha have moved straight into the mainstream, valued for microbes as mush as flavour. Supermarkets and industrial food science offer quick fixes like shelf-stable sauerkraut for instant gratification. The city demands speed. But fermentation moves at its

Walk down any supermarket aisle, and you will face a literal wall of white. Cow’s milk now battles for shelf space against extracts of almond, oat, soy, coconut, pea, and hemp. On the surface, this feels like consumer freedom. Beneath the glossy packaging, it is an utter puzzle. When did buying milk require a degree in dietetics? And when did we decide a crushed nut mixed with water is milk? The law is already fighting over this. The US Dairy Pride Act wants plant brands bann

At the very heart of our urban disconnect lies the seed. We live in cities that treat food as a finished industrial product, entirely removed from the soil and the season, but the seed remains the origin of everything we consume and everything we are. Our modern education cuts the vital link between human health and the natural world, turning us into passive consumers. True wellness begins at the root. If we choose to build healthier communities and stronger neighbourhoods, t

When we think about healthcare, we focus on doctors, nurses, and medicine. We rarely think about food. Yet, for Movimento Metropolitano (MoM), nutrition is an essential part of medical care. We need to stop making nutrition sound like a complex scientific word—it’s not. It simply means the food we eat and how our bodies use it to stay strong. Certain foods are vital for healing, strength, and recovery and this vital information needs to reach people, giving more equal opportu