This week on The Italian Radio Hour: Isabella Dalla Ragione, known as Italy’s “Fruit Detective,” has spent her life uncovering forgotten varieties of pears,apples, figs, and cherries—sometimes by reading the brushstrokes of Renaissance paintings as botanical clues. Through her foundation Archeologia Arborea,she has revived hundreds of ancient fruit trees, safeguarding biodiversity and cultural memory for future generations.

Today, we talked about your journey, the origins of Archeologia Arborea, and why preserving these ancient varieties matters not only to our past, but also to the future of food, and how everyone, especially the communities of Italians living outside Italy have an important role in preserving tradition, memory, and saving heirloom varieties.

https://archeologiaarborea.it/