Drought-affected farmers need support – Slow Food Hunter Valley sets the example 5 March 2018 As a devastating dry period threatens the future of NSW farm land, the work of Slow Food Volunteers in the Hunter Valley region is being championed for the support that it is providing to local producers. Victims of an...
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...
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...
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...
Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance Meets Up Again in Tuscany 18 October 2017 Sunday, October 15 and Monday, October 16 in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, the second meeting of the Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance was held, with nearly 200 chefs from seven countries: Albania, Russia, Italy, Iceland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. At...
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...
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,...
