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...
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,...
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...
Centuries-Old and Steeped in Tradition, Umqombothi Joins the Ark 12 February 2017 The 4,000th passenger on the Ark of Taste, Slow Food’s international catalog of food products, has arrived from the Xhosa people of South Africa. A handcrafted beer called Umqombothi, marks an important milestone for Slow Food’s project. Hundreds of years before handcrafted artisan beers became...
