You might have heard of or even adopted the Mediterranean diet. The diet, traditionally practiced by the inhabitants of several Mediterranean countries, consists mainly of olive oil, whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry and low amounts of red meat, sugar and whole-fat dairy. It has been touted to be not only capable of producing a host of health benefits, but also to be better for the environment.

Indeed, the Food and Agriculture Organization has specifically listed the Mediterranean diet as an example of a sustainable diet, defined as “those diets with low environmental impacts [that] contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy lives for present and future generations”.

While the term “sustainable diet” is still relatively unknown in Indonesia, the government has embraced the idea of sustainable consumption for quite some time.