Saving Biodiversity in Greater Bushenyi 11 December 2014 In the south-western part of Uganda, the Greater Bushenyi region is extremely rich in biodiversity and cultural traditions. The local farmers have large families and cultivate small plots of fertile land where they grow local varieties of fruits and...
Honeys of Ethiopia 9 December 2014 Ethiopia is one of the main honey producing countries in Africa. This documentary takes a look at the special honeys and terroir that need to be protected across the country, demonstrating the importance of the Honey Network: a network...
A Year Aboard the Ark of Taste 5 December 2014 In every culture around the world, the passing of time is marked with rituals related to food and agriculture, from spring plantings and fall harvests to foraging during the rainy season foraging and preserving during the dry season. We...
London to Host the 10,000 Gardens in Africa Project 4 December 2014 From 1,000 to 10,000 gardens: this is the challenge with which Slow Food began 2014. An ambitious goal that Slow Food and its Foundation are undertaking with the help of the network of Terra Madre communities in Africa, and...
Olive is life 3 December 2014 We say “the olive is life” because it represents our present and our future. It is also one of the symbols of our history and a symbol of peace. The millennial olive trees are hereditary trees, without owners. They...
Kitarasa Banana: Traditional Meets Future 20 November 2014 Did you know that some 20 types of bananas are grown in the Kilimanjaro area, in Tanzania? Amongst them, the Mshare, a favorite often used in special dishes which is cooked green, the Ndizi, for roasting and making beer,...
Bitto’s Victory 12 November 2014 They say that the people of the mountains are stubborn, and the story of the Bitto rebels certainly bears this out. The final chapter in the story came yesterday with the signing of an agreement between the Consorzio per...
Fighting against licuri palms deforestation! 3 November 2014 Slow Food and Slow Food Brasil publicly states that it is against deforestation and encourages the protection of the licuri palm in the Piemonte da Diamantina region, Capim Grosso municipality, state of Bahia. Licuri palms are a source...
2000 Products on Board! 16 October 2014 The 2000th passenger on the Ark of Taste has arrived from South Korea: Meoksi Persimmon Vinegar marks an important milestone for the project. The Ark of Taste began 18 years ago and has since become an international catalogue of...
Terra Madre Through the Lens of Oliviero Toscani 7 October 2014 Behind every food lies a place, a face, a story. And there are many ways of telling that story. With words, but also with images, as the great Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani (https://www.olivierotoscani.com/) has chosen to do. During 2014,...
