A festival for lucanica, a coarse-ground pork sausage seasoned with wild fennel seed, sweet or hot chili, and black pepper, produced across a defined 14-comuni zone of the Potenza hinterland. As of July 2026, a new Consorzio di Tutela is being formed to secure the sausage's own IGP protection — Regione Basilicata's agriculture assessore Carmine Cicala has publicly backed the process as a way to strengthen the product's market presence and protect local producers.