Honors for Greek producers in border regions

Can stubbornness against all odds or the toil and struggle in the lands and waters of the homeland's borders be rewarded? Our debt to the Greeks living in the country's border regions is enormous, collective and personal for each one of us. Any initiative to highlight their contribution is nothing compared to the recognition they rightfully deserve.

A small token of gratitude was the ceremony for the 16th Quality Awards of Kathimerini's influential food magazine Gastronomos, which traveled to Evros this year, a region that is finding its rhythm again after the devastating wildfires of the summer. The event exclusively honored producers from border regions of Greece - from Evros to the island of Kasos, and from the northern regional unit of Prespes to Chios. There, the magazine discovered producers operating hundreds of kilometers away from the Greek capital, often under...