One Slice of Bread at a Time!
The Adventure of Two Friends Who Decided to Change the World!
- story behind our mascots Zio and Ziva.
Once upon a time, in two different corners of Europe, two young dreamers were growing up — Ziva, a curious girl from Slovenia, and Zio, a cheerful boy from Italy.
They didn’t know each other yet, but they both shared one strange habit: whenever they saw food wasted — especially bread — they felt a little sad inside. They didn’t know why, but something deep in their hearts told them that every crumb counts.
When Ziva was 13 and Zio was 14, their schools joined a student exchange trip to Turkey through an Erasmus+ project.
It was a sunny spring morning in Cappadocia, and the group had just finished breakfast.
Ziva, always polite and tidy, noticed that some of her classmates had left slices of bread on their plates. She carefully wrapped the leftovers in a napkin to feed the birds outside.
At that same moment, Zio — who loved talking to everyone — came by and said with a big grin:
“Hey, are you saving that for a bread party or something?”
Ziva laughed. “No! I just don’t like wasting food. In Slovenia, we say: Every piece of bread has its soul!”
Zio blinked. “In Italy, we say Pane e amore — bread and love — maybe they’re the same thing!”
And just like that, a friendship began.
They spent the rest of the trip exploring Turkish bazaars, learning about local dishes like simit and pide, and talking about the planet, food, and life.