Slow Food Gardens in Africa: sustainable water management techniques with terracotta jars 13 December 2022 Draughts and water scarcity are becoming a very present issue in our daily life. Let’s learn from Boujemaa Gueghlan and Amanuel Menna how farmers in Africa have, over the decades, been using terracotta jars as a solution to guarantee...
Fighting for the Right to Live with Peace and Justice: Slow Food Gardens in Burkina Faso Are Sowing the Seeds for the Future 22 July 2022 War, in any form, renders life on our planet more fragile. This is all too true on the African continent, which in 2021 saw 41%* of the world’s jihadist terrorist attacks, with thousands of victims and a devastating impact...
A garden in Africa for Alberto 22 September 2021 Creating good, clean and fair vegetable gardens in African schools and communities: back in 2010, this was the main objective with which Slow Food launched the Gardens in Africa project in Turin during the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto,...
Culinary Argan Oil: A Little-Known Delicacy from a Threatened Ecosystem 6 May 2021 May 10 is the International day of the Argania “The smell of toasted argan kernels takes me back to my childhood, when at the end of the week I would sit by my grandmother and we would prepare the...
Comeback of the Begawi Chicken 11 November 2019 Last month, at the invitation of Dr. Adel Abdel Salam, coordinator of Slow Food Egypt Begawi Chicken Presidia, I traveled to Tameya, Fayoum, a town south of Cairo, to meet delegates from Themar Project , an NGO in Sohag,...
Community Gardens Are Taking Fayoum by Storm 2 October 2019 Last March, the village of Tunis Fayoum in Egypt was the site of a remarkable workshop on community gardens delivered by Edie Mukibi, Vice-President of Slow Food International.
Cooks’ Alliance Recipe from Nassozi Kezia 18 July 2019 Nassozi Kezia got her love of local cuisine at a young age from her mother. Born in 1961 in Katente Village in Mukono district, she now works in catering, trying out different local dishes prepared in unusual ways which...
Harnessing Indigenous Crops: Adapting to Climate Change with Traditional Knowledge 20 May 2019 Malawi’s agriculture-based economy means that any unforeseen events affecting the agricultural sector have a negative impact on the economy. The risks associated with drought, floods, disease, price and market volatility and the poor adoption of measures to mitigate risks...
Terra Madre Burkina Faso 2019: The Slow Food Network Stands Against Terrorism 20 February 2019 After the first edition in 2017, the second edition of Terra Madré Burkina Faso was held on February 2 & 3 at the Maison du Peuple, Ouagadougou. The event was a huge opportunity for communities, consumers and people active...
Slow Food’s Ark of Taste Welcomes 5,000th Passenger 8 February 2019 Honey made by the Gourmantché people in the Tapoa region of Burkina Faso chosen to mark this important milestone Honey made by the Gourmantché people in the eastern Tapoa region of Burkina Faso is the product Slow Food has chosen as the...
