date:Jul 23, 2012
t and vegetables - a large part of which will be sourced locally and sustainably.
What the Greeks ate
It will be a challenge, but then supplying to the Olympics always has been. According to Food for Athletes and Gods, an essay by Jane M Renfrew on the diet of ancient Olympics, Olympia was situated in a fairly remote and underpopulated part of the Peloponnese and since there was no large permanent settlement there, everything in the way of food had to be brought in to support the whole festiva