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...
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,...
Quality Cane Sugar Comes From Peru to Italy 26 April 2017 Unrefined cane sugar from Tailin in Peru is now available for sale in Italy thanks to the Alce Nero brand, which not only supports the Slow Food Presidium but is now also importing the sugar and distributing it to...
Slow Food Presidium Product Receives Well-Deserved Recognition 20 April 2017 German-French ARTE TV program “at the table” travels to Macedonia to discover a rich heritage of local cuisine, including the Bukovo Pepper. The episode features Slow Food Presidium producer Ilinka Glavevska and her family, who explain its preparation and...
Slow Food Uganda launches its second Earth Market in Manafwa 12 April 2017 The Manafwa farmers’ market is joining Slow Food international project of Earth Markets. The Manafwa market, established in 2017 thanks to the Slow Food Uganda network, is the second Ugandian Slow Food Earth Market, after the Mukono-Wakiso Earth Market....
Ugandan coffee: a host of varieties for you to discover at a dedicated festival 13 February 2017 From the Nyasaland Arabica of Mount Elgon, intercropped with ginger and lemongrass, to the Nganda Robusta promoted by the youngsters of Bukunja, to the Kisansa of Luwero, in the Zirobwe district, which grows in the shade of forest trees:...
Coffee According To Us 26 April 2015 When we decided to launch the idea of the Slow Food Presidia brand for coffees back in 2010, we knew we would be facing an important, complex but necessary challenge: to bring consumers, coffee roasters and producers closer together...
