The Kabalo Peace Garden: A Seed of Hope in the Democratic Republic of Congo 20 February 2018 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in Africa. Characterized by a rich biodiversity of plants and animals, as well as being home to over 450 ethnic groups, the country has long been shaken by successive...
Slow Cheese network established to support raw milk cheese producers around the world 8 December 2017 During the State of Raw Milk meeting held at Cheese 2017, which brought together more than 350 people from different countries, Slow Food proposed the creation of a network to bring together cheese producers, animal breeders, cheesemongers, technical experts,...
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...
The Ark of Taste: the foods and skills of the Brazilian food heritage all in one book 26 October 2017 The first publication about the Ark of Taste in Brazil will be presented by Carlo Petrini today in the course of a meeting entitled ‘O valor da biodiversidade para uma nova economia sustentável,’ (The importance of biodiversity for a...
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...
Waste not want not: getting the most out of each ingredient 1 October 2017 Jack Chen is working to change attitudes to food waste in Vancouver At the end of 2015 Canada announced the official launch of its Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance. At the time, Jack Chen was working alongside Dave Gunawan, one...
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...
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...
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...
