Slow Food Presidia

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...

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,...

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:...

Terra Madre Burkina Faso: The West African Country Welcomes its First Slow Food Presidia

1 February 2017

Local rice and yam varieties are the first two Burkinabe Presidia   Terra Madre Burkina Faso, the first gathering of West African food communities, which will be held in the capital city on February 3 and 4 (organized by the...