Puglia and Uganda Together for Biodiversity: Rwentobo Food Garden Planted at Vocational Institute 20 April 2023 The network of Slow Food gardens in Africa continues to grow. Organized by the Puglian non-profit Meridians, a new food garden in Rwentobo has been made possible by the support of Slow Food Puglia and the Franciscan Friars Minor...
Ugandan coffee communities protecting diversity and quality 7 June 2022 By John Wanyu The Slow Food coffee growers from Uganda are working hard to protect the diversity and quality of their products. To achieve their goals, they participate in a campaign regarding the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) model that is currently...
Discovering Luwero Kisansa Coffee 6 May 2022 Uganda is Africa’s second-largest coffee producer, after Ethiopia. While the Ethiopian highlands are the birthplace of Coffea arabica, the equatorial forests of Central and East Africa are home to Coffea canephora, better known as robusta. Robusta is most commonly used...
Ugandan Farmers in the EU Spotlight 6 May 2022 By Lorenz Stöckert In the fall of 2020, I started working with the Miale Tubana Mixed Farmers Collective from Mount Elgon in Eastern Uganda. The new member of Slow Food‘s Coffee Coalition and established Slow Food Presidium is cultivating and...
