A New Presidium from a Northern Island 22 September 2015 Iceland has the world’s third-highest per-capita consumption of cheese, but most of what is found in the supermarkets is industrial. The same goes for the country’s most typical dairy product, the ancient yogurt-like Skyr. Only three producers are resisting...
Iveco and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity: A New Set of Wheels for a Presidium 27 July 2015 Iveco – the CNH Industrial brand that designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, both for road transportation and for off road uses – supports the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity and...
The Telegraph Names Slow Food Presidia Cheeses Among Europe’s Best 18 June 2015 Four Slow Food Presidia have been named among the best cheeses in Europe by British newspaper, the Telegraph: Tcherni Vit Green Cheese (Bulgaria), Geitost (Norway), Emmentaler (Switzerland) and Fromage de Herve (Belgium). According to the Telegraph you need milk...
Stories of Seeds, Earth and Bread 28 May 2015 Did you know that there is an old variety of rye grown at very high altitudes? It is found in Austria and now protected by a Slow Food Presidium. It represents an alternative model of agriculture and a resurgent...
Protecting Extra-Virgin Olive Oil 20 May 2015 Slow Food launches its first national Presidium working with producers across Italy to save a unique cultural heritage… Italian olive growing is currently experiencing a moment of extreme difficulty, threatening the immense heritage of olive trees, farmers and olive-pressers...
Earth and Freedom 18 May 2015 Seven Slow Food Presidia and an alternative agricultural model. In a video, Slow Food goes on a discovery of the French Basque Country and its products… The French Basque Country is enclosed between the Bay of Biscay and the...
Raw Milk Herve Threatened by FASFC 13 May 2015 The aggressive approach of local authorities towards small-scale producers is continuing. Local food producers often struggle to conform with rigid requirements that demand disproportionate investments suitable for large-scale rather than small-scale industrial production. In Belgium, José Munnix, one of...
Coffee According To Us 26 April 2015 When we decided to launch the idea of the Slow Food Presidia brand for coffees back in 2010, we knew we would be facing an important, complex but necessary challenge: to bring consumers, coffee roasters and producers closer together...
