Everywhere You Look, More Good, Clean, and Fair Food in Romania 8 May 2018 On so many levels Slow Food philosophy is present, live and kicking in Romania. In 2017 we have seen a rise in interest for Romanian food as part of a wider a resurgence and search for national identity. There...
Saving Sweden’s Food 19 March 2018 A survey of grocery stores in Sweden has revealed how difficult it is for Swedes to find food products belonging to their national heritage, which in turn are at risk of disappearance. In Sweden, the Retired People’s Organisation (PRO)...
Slow Food Coffee Festival is back: Celebrating Uganda’s Special Coffee Varieties 16 February 2018 The event will launch a network of producers of native Ugandan coffee varieties at risk of extinction Celebrating Uganda’s Special Coffee Varieties, the third edition of the Slow Food Coffee Festival, will take place at Mayor’s Gardens Mable in Mbale, Eastern Uganda,...
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...
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...
The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance is expanding in Latin America Starting officially today in Colombia 29 May 2017 The Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance is opening its newest chapter in Colombia, joining the large network of chefs committed to cooking and promoting products from the Slow Food Ark of Taste, Slow Food Presidia and other communities of local...
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...
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...
