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...
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:...
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...
Terra Madre Burkina Faso: The West African Country Welcomes its First Slow Food Presidia 1 February 2017 Local rice and yam varieties are the first two Burkinabe Presidia Terra Madre Burkina Faso, the first gathering of West African food communities, which will be held in the capital city on February 3 and 4 (organized by the...
Terra Madre Burkina Faso: Slow Food’s International Event Comes to West Africa for the First Time 23 January 2017 The meeting, organized by Slow Food and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, will be held in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou on February 3 and 4 Burkina Faso has had its share of difficult history. After a period...
