Slow Food International

Slow Food at the Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD

Today marks the the opening day of the third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD. The Forum will take place in Rome from February 10-13, 2017 and will focus on the economic empowerment of indigenous peoples, particularly women and youth.

SLOW TALK

Pangasius: why is it being farmed intensively along the rivers of Southeast Asia?

Freshwater species like the pangasius – endemic to the Mekong Basin, Chao Phraya and Maeklong in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand – have been an important food source for local communities for centuries. In the 2000s it began to be raised intensively, quickly becoming one of the most common farmed fish species.

SLOW TALK

Chlorinated chicken and other marvels of modern American farming coming to the UK?

New bilateral trade agreements between the UK and the USA could see the former being forced to lift restrictions on food imports from the latter. What would that mean for British consumers?

NEWS

Terra Madre Burkina Faso: The West African Country Welcomes its First Slow Food 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, will see the participation of producers from the two new Burkinabe Presidia, for Cira-Mahingou red rice from the Comoé and the Arbollé yam variety.