New Slow Food Presidium in Morocco: Rif Einkorn Wheat 4 September 2018 Slow Food launches a new Presidium to prevent the extinction of an ancient Moroccan wheat variety. The Presidium for Rif Einkorn Wheat becomes Morocco's 5th.
Slow Food Tanzania at Karibu-KiliFair 31 May 2018 For the very first time Slow Food Tanzania will participate in this international Event Slow Food Tanzania will participate for the first time in Karibu-KiliFair, the largest and most important tourism trade fair in East Africa, which will take...
Slow Food Demands Justice for Luis Maldonado 23 May 2018 The night of May 16, Luis Armando Maldonado Marin was assassinated in Huehuetenango. A leading figure in grassroots activism and farmers’ associations in Guatemala, Luis was the coordinator of the Huehuetenango Highland Coffee Presidium. Luis is the latest in...
Soweto Eat-in: South Africa’s Slow Food Network Takes Another Step Forward 16 May 2018 The Rainbow Nation continues its rise in the world of Slow Food, with another successful installment of the Soweto Eat-in. Held at the eponymous theatre in the famous Johannesburg township of Soweto, the Soweto Eat-in is an event illustrating...
Slow Food Launches the First Presidium in Haiti: Traditional Haitian Clairin 17 April 2018 Slow Food has officially launched the first Haitian Presidium, to protect a traditional rum called Clairin. The Italian company Velier, which has been importing wine and spirits into Italy for over 70 years, and which supports Slow Food in...
Vale Soliko Tsaishvili 12 April 2018 Slow Food’s 2008 mission to Georgia, the homeland of wine, led to the establishment of the Slow Food Georgian Amphora Wine Presidium, a local convivium and two food communities. But most importantly, it contributed to inspiring a transformation in...
Slow Fish en Tunisie – A Triumph for Traditional Fishing 12 April 2018 In response to the ever-growing industrialization of the fishing industry, and the subsequent risks the overfishing and destruction of the local ecology posed to the existance of fishing communities in the region, the Club Bleu Artisanal was founded. This...
Is Norway rediscovering its lost food soul? 10 April 2018 Norway is a country that almost forgot about its food traditions. For many years everything has revolved around the question of where to buy the cheapest food – to pay less and to get ready-made industrially produced food to...
What can Iceland’s past teach us about the future of its food? 3 April 2018 History books tell us that no man set foot on Icelandic soil until the 9th century. Irish monks did sail north sporadically on their bull hide currachs, but little is known about that. Iceland was therefore Europe’s last land...
Gëzuar Ditën e Verës! Happy Summer Day! 14 March 2018 Today Albanians will be celebrating Dita e Verës as they say goodbye to the cold and welcome back the sun and flowers with a plenty of fun and food. Dita e Verës is a major day in Albania’s already...
