A Fund for Change, starting with Communities 3 July 2020 These recent times of crisis have presented governments and the global community with unprecedented challenges: the importance and essential value of the food supply chain is emphasized by all parties and yet, the risk is to lose sight of...
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,...
The Ark of Taste Travels to Azerbaijan With a Competition for the Best Nomination 17 October 2019 Since its founding, Slow Food has made the defense of biodiversity the focus of its strategies. Biodiversity is under threat around the world, and the biodiversity linked to family farming and small-scale agriculture is at particular risk. The reasons...
Cooks’ Alliance Recipe: Ēriks Dreibants from Latvia 16 October 2019 An old forest house, far from the main roads, sits surrounded by dense conifer forests and marshes inside Latvia’s Gauja National Park, 70 kilometers from Riga and 20 from Cisis. Today it is home to Dabas Garša, known as pavāru radošā māja,...
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.
Latvia Joins Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance with Eight Chefs 9 September 2019 At the Pārceltuve Festival, held on beginning of August in Līgatne, eight Latvian chefs joined the international Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance. Since the opening of the Straupe Earth Market in 2016, Latvia’s local Slow Food network has been widening...
Ark of Taste sails into world’s biggest festival of gardening 23 July 2019 The Ark of Taste came to the biggest annual flower festival on earth in early summer. Held at the historic Hampton Court outside London, the festival, now called a Garden Festival, drew around 140 000 people over five days....
Orkney Bere: the Ancient Grain that Keeps on Giving 19 April 2019 A friend of Slow Food, reporter David McKenzie, ventured to the Orkney Islands, off Scotland's craggy coastline, to learn about an ancient staple.
High-altitude Honey: Puebla Sierra Norte Native Bees Honey 18 April 2019 In the Sierra Norte mountain range in Mexico lives a special breed of bee. Known locally as pisilnekmej, the Scaptotrigona Mexicana is a member of the family native to the American continent whose distinctive trait is that they have...
Chefs’ Alliance Recipe – Caroline Rye, The Urban Fishwife 15 April 2019 Scottish chef Caroline Rye is the Urban Fishwife, sharing knowledge, understanding, and recipes that highlight the culinary treasures of Scotland's coast. Here she explains how to make potted mackerel pâté with dulse.
