The first Slow Food Earth Market in Australia 16 August 2017 On the east coast of Australia, in the rich alluvial farmland of the Hunter Valley, the farmers of Maitland launched the country’s first Earth Market, on August 3rd 2017. Slow Food Earth Market Maitland celebrate the farming traditions and rich...
Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance Comes to the USA 17 July 2017 The United States is joining Slow Food’s extensive worldwide network of chefs committed to cooking and promoting products from the Presidia, Ark of Taste and other communities of local producers. The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance project already has hundreds...
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,...
Terra Madre Burkina Faso: Voices From the First Terra Madre in West Africa 25 June 2017 The name Burkina Faso translates as “land of honest people,” and this beautiful, fascinating country on the western Africa is home to over 60 ethnic groups—and as many languages—who have inherited an enormous cultural and environmental wealth which translates...
Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance to Be Started in Iceland 21 June 2017 The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance in Iceland is joining Slow Food’s large network of chefs committed to cooking and promoting products from the Slow Food Ark of Taste, Slow Food Presidia and other communities of local producers. The Slow...
The Russian Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance lands in Siberia 9 June 2017 The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance in Russia is gaining more and more members across the country. At the June 10–11 event organized by the Tipografia restaurant in Gorno-Altaisk, the first Siberian chef will join the Slow Food international project,...
The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance is expanding in Latin America Starting officially today in Colombia 29 May 2017 The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance is opening its newest chapter in Colombia, joining the large network of chefs committed to cooking and promoting products from the Slow Food Ark of Taste, Slow Food Presidia and other communities of local...
International Day For Biological Diversity: Endangered Foods 22 May 2017 During the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, socio-political challenges and a disease known as potato blight obliterated the dietary staple for one-third of the population, resulting in the deaths of about 1 million people. Over a century later,...
Ugandan Fish Heritage for the first time at Slow Fish 18 May 2017 Uganda, also known as the pearl of Africa, is known for hosting Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world and the source of the Nile—the longest river in the world—along with other freshwater bodies which for...
Slow Food Participates at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York 27 April 2017 At the same time, the organization also marks an important milestone reaching 700 indigenous products on the Ark of Taste’s catalog This year, from April 24 to May 5, Slow Food participates at the 16th session of the UN...
