Yesterday, October 15, at the Café Milano in Georgetown, I had the opportunity to attend Healthier Eating for Better Lives – The Italian Way, a symposium hosted by the Hera Institute. The symposium provided an opportunity to address a challenge: rethinking how we grow, cook, and distribute our food, as well as reconsidering how the fundamental principles of the Mediterranean diet can transform public health and policy in America.   A Bridge Between Science, Culture, and Human