The Ark of Taste Travels to Azerbaijan With a Competition for the Best Nomination 17 October 2019 Since its founding, Slow Food has made the defense of biodiversity the focus of its strategies. Biodiversity is under threat around the world, and the biodiversity linked to family farming and small-scale agriculture is at particular risk. The reasons...
Ark of Taste sails into world’s biggest festival of gardening 23 July 2019 The Ark of Taste came to the biggest annual flower festival on earth in early summer. Held at the historic Hampton Court outside London, the festival, now called a Garden Festival, drew around 140 000 people over five days....
A Catastrophe for Real Camembert 2 March 2018 The PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) of one of France’s oldest, most renowned cheeses is about to be sold down the river to big industry. With new legislation that will enter into force in 2021, the Institut national de...
Kerkennah Islands Traditional Fishing Presidium launched 6 December 2017 Slow Food will launch the Kerkennah Islands Traditional Fishing Presidium in Tunisia on December 9, a project funded by the Lighthouse Foundation. Kerkennah is a small archipelago of ten islands in the Gulf of Gabes, not far from the city...
Menu for Change: Support for Slow Food’s Campaign from Transylvania 29 November 2017 A new initiative supporting Slow Food’s Menu for Change campaign has been developed in Transylvania. The Transylvania Food Company, a producer of preserves and syrups has collaborated with the Slow Food Tarnava Mare Convivium to develop a flavourful tomato chutney...
New Slow Food Presidium in Mexico to protect the Caribbean Spiny Lobster 20 November 2017 On November 15, Slow Food officially launched the Banco Chinchorro and Sian Ka’an Spiny lobster Presidium, as part of the Slow Fish Caribbean project*. The launch took place during the Participatory Monitoring Workshop and Slow Food Methodology Workshop, in...
Slow Food at Semana MESA São Paulo 24 October 2017 The Semana MESA São Paulo is coming, from October 26-29 2017. On October 26, on the first day of the Congresso MESA Tendências 2017, we’ll welcome Carlo Petrini, the founder and president of the Slow Food movement. The theme...
Slow Food presents a publication on the Gastronomic Heritage of Peru cataloged in the Ark of Taste 11 September 2017 On September 8, 2017, Cusco will host the Gastronomic Forum on the role of gastronomy in revitalizing agriculture and preserving biodiversity and identity. The Forum will be held at the Coliseo Palacio de la Juventud from 7.30 a.m. and...
Creating Virtuous Networks for a Solidarity That Is Never Futile 1 September 2017 How many times have we heard it said, even from unexpected sources, that the work of NGOs and foundations in Africa or South America may well be motivated by good intentions, but is entirely irrelevant given the mountain of...
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...
