New Slow Food Presidium Launched in the Netherlands to Protect Traditional Boeren Leyden Cheese 30 June 2017 Last Sunday, June 25, Slow Food Netherlands launched the Traditional Boeren Leyden Presidium during the Slow Food in the Park event, a festival held to celebrate the diversity of the Slow Food network and spread the message of good,...
Quality Cane Sugar Comes From Peru to Italy 26 April 2017 Unrefined cane sugar from Tailin in Peru is now available for sale in Italy thanks to the Alce Nero brand, which not only supports the Slow Food Presidium but is now also importing the sugar and distributing it to...
Slow Food Presidium Product Receives Well-Deserved Recognition 20 April 2017 German-French ARTE TV program “at the table” travels to Macedonia to discover a rich heritage of local cuisine, including the Bukovo Pepper. The episode features Slow Food Presidium producer Ilinka Glavevska and her family, who explain its preparation and...
A Recipe Featuring Flour from the Indigenous Peoples of Argentina 15 February 2017 At the third annual Indigenous Peoples Forum held by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), bakers within the Slow Food network created a delicious recipe for canapés to honor the Gran Chaco wild fruits Presidium. The Gran Chaco...
Ugandan coffee: a host of varieties for you to discover at a dedicated festival 13 February 2017 From the Nyasaland Arabica of Mount Elgon, intercropped with ginger and lemongrass, to the Nganda Robusta promoted by the youngsters of Bukunja, to the Kisansa of Luwero, in the Zirobwe district, which grows in the shade of forest trees:...
A New Slow Food Presidium Launched in Uganda to Protect Ancient Millet Varieties 2 December 2016 Thanks to the work of Slow Food Uganda and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, a new Presidium protecting four traditional millet varieties has been established in Uganda. The community of the village of Kyere, in the northeast of...
Polizzi Badda Beans and Stichelton Hosted in Brussels 1 July 2016 Wednesday June 29 was a special day for two producers of European Slow Food Presidia who were hosted in Brussels by the European Commission’s Environment Directorate-General at a Lunchtime Conference. These lunch-hour events are opportunities for debates and exchanges...
Biodiversity Burns in Sicily 20 June 2016 Sicily was devastated last Thursday by 500 wildfires. A strong scirocco wind and torrid heat accelerated the spread of hundreds of fires, which started at the same time in different places across the island. Palermo, Trapani and Agrigento are...
Towards the Creation of a Kenyan Honey Network 10 June 2016 Beekeeping is a traditional practice in Kenya, and one of the most important economic resources in arid and semi-arid zones, which represent around 80% of the country. Honey is an ingredient in several beverages customarily served at weddings and...
Between Earth and Cement 24 May 2016 The vineyards of the Sitges Malvasia Presidium, located inside the town of the same name, could suffer the negative consequences of unchecked urbanization. Sitges Malvasia owes its existence to a legacy. In the nineteen thirties Manuel Llopis de Casades,...
