he First Edition of MEDEA Summer School is a collaboration between the University of Milan-Bicocca as promoter and many Institutions localized in the Eastern part of Sicily around the Etna Volcano. The program will be held around Catania, Sicily. MEDEA is a cultural, scientific and sensorial journey in Sicily, to understand, through lectures and surveys, the cultivation, transformation and tasting of functional food, included in the Mediterranean diet obtained by using organic farming. The program while last 5 days each one dedicated to a specific thematic area. Frontal lectures given by university professors and professionals from different fields will give a modern and up-to-date interpretation of how excellent products have always been at the base of the Mediterranean diet, from their molecular and functional nature, through modern methods of integrated cultivation / breeding , can be proposed today as a healthy and functional food, for a correct quality of life. Bringing together different teachers to give a global picture, this course will be a mixture of theory, experience and hands on practice. This course aims to give participants an understanding of where we are today, and take home skills that they can apply in their respective area's of work and life. All days at MEDEA are telling the story of food as a reinterpretation of ancient culture and flavors, for lunch and dinner through sensory experiences told through the myths that formed the Sicilian culture.