2012 EVENTS
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
FEBRUARY
23: Cento Cene per Slow Wine (100 Dinners for Slow Wine)
100 locations across Italy
One hundred dinners will be held to launch Slow Wine 2012, the second edition of Slow Food Editore’s guide to Italian wines that takes into account the big picture of good, clean and fair.
25: Slow Food UK Fundraiser
London, United Kingdom
A fundraiser event for Slow Food UK hosted by chef Massimo Riccioli (spokesperson for Slow Food UK Chef Alliance) will offer a fun afternoon of activities and food to raise money for educational projects such as Slow Food Baby, Slow Food Kids (Taste Adventure), Slow Food on Campus and Slow Food Wisdom.
Click here for more information and tickets.
MARCH
9-10: Festival of Cheese
Campo Tures, Alto Adige, Italy
Organized by Slow Food Alto Adige Sudtirol, this international festival is dedicated to showcasing quality cheeses from Italy and the around the world. Various Slow Food Presidia will be participating.
16-18: Food Film Festival
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The second edition of the Food Film Festival is organized by Youth Food Movement Netherlands at Studio/K in Amsterdam and will showcase more than 20 food films and documentaries together with an extensive program of workshops, art, debates and music as well as its own restaurant where young chefs prepare a good, simple and affordable menu.
www.foodfilmfestival.nl
APRIL
2-3: Alliance of Chefs and Presidia Meeting
Alberese, Italy
First national meeting of members of the Italian Alliance between chefs and Slow Food Presidia producers.
12-15: Markt des guten Geschmacks
Stuttgart, Germany
Slow Food Germany’s fair of good, clean and fair food is held over four days each April, bringing together artisan producers and traders for an impressive marketplace as well as workshops, talks, excursions and dinners. The event attracted more than 55,000 visitors in 2011 – photo gallery here.
www.slowfood-messe.de
16-20 - ¡Que rico es comer sano y de mi tierra! campaign launch
Various locations, Ecuador
The national ¡Que rico es comer sano y de mi tierra! campaign is organized by a collective of groups including Slow Food to promote food sovereignty and responsible consumption. Events to launch the campaign are being held across Ecuador from April 16-22. All the Slow Food convivia are actively involved in this on-going campaign
www.slowfoodecuador.com - contact: c.garcia@slowfood.it
21-22: Grandmother's Day
Various locations, Ireland
Slow Food Ireland is once again celebrating the inherited wisdom and forgotten skills of our elderly generations. This knowledge will be the focus of convivia events across the country as well as a special two-day event hosted by Slow Food Ireland at Sandbrook House, Ballon, including a local producer's market, a children’s festival, a Gala Dinner and workshops and demonstrations showcasing those forgotten skills.
www.slowfoodireland.com
22: Slow Food Belgrade at the Supernatural Fest Fair
Belgrade, Serbia
Slow Food Belgrade will present the specialty products of the Serbian food communities and Slow Food network in a dedicated area of this fair of small-scale organic agriculture.
www.supernaturalfest.com
MAY
3-6: Slow Food Canada National Meeting
Edmonton, Canada
Convivium leaders and members from across Canada will come together for three days in this northern Alberta city to plan the future activities of the national Slow Food movement and vote in the members of the National Board.
www.slowfood.ca
19: Childhood Obesity Conference
Sanfranciso,USA
Slow Food San Francisco is hosting this one-day Childhood Obesity Bay Area (COBA) conference to help prevent and reverse childhood obesity. Theses this year are youth empowerment, health disparities and the economics of obesity.
www.slowfoodsanfranciso.com
26: Slow Food Day
various locations, Italy
More than 300 Italian convivia will celebrate the work and value of the association on this first national Slow Food Day.
www.slowfood.it
JUNE
2-3: Terra Madre Lombardia
Lombardy Region, Italy, location t.b.c.
1-3: 20 Years of Slow Food Germany Celebration
Cologne, Germany
A national celebration of the first 20 years of the Slow Food Germany branch.
www.slowfood.de
8-10: Slow, Sea, Land
Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Slow Food Italy and the Region of Sicily present this event dedicated to the Mediterranean basin's key food productions with street markets, seminars, Taste Workshops and more.
Video on youtube
18-24: Slow Food Week
various locations, UK
Participating chefs from the SF UK Chef Alliance will be creating special Slow Food menus and creating recipes using Ark of Taste products.
www.slowfood.org.uk
29 – July 1: Terra Madre Balkans
Sofia, Bulgaria
Second meeting of the Terra Madre network of food communities, chefs, researchers and youth.
JULY
AUGUST
t.b.c.: Slow Folk
Scandicci, Italy
Festival of music and conviviality, organized by Slow Food Tuscany to develop the network that unites the defense of good, clean and fair food with the safeguarding of popular culture.
t.b.c. Taste Master Streets Festival at Riga City Festival
Riga, Latvia
Slow Food Riga presents ‘Taste Master Streets Festival’ as part of the Riga City Festival – a cultural event to remember the city’s heritage. This food fair will celebrate the city’s gastronomic traditions and history, and present a photography exhibition as part of their participation in the 4Cities4Development project.
www.slowfood.com/sloweurope
SEPTEMBER
4-9 KinOkus
Ston, Croatia
Festival of food and film organized by Slow Food Dubrovnik
www.gastronomika.hr
21-22 Festival Okusa
Gorazde, Bosnia
Created to celebrate traditional slatko (preserves) made from the Pozegaca plum and other products from the alpine valley of Drina, the festival is held in the small village of Ustikolina. Organized by Slow Food Gorazde and the Slow Food Pozegaca Plum Slatko Presidium.
OCTOBER
25-29: Salone Del Gusto and Terra Madre - INTERNATIONAL
Turin, Italy
This year Slow Food's two defining events are being held together as one united event – Salone del Gusto, the biennial international fair of good, clean and fair food and the Terra Madre world meeting of food communities. Together they are expected to attract around 200,000 visitors to Turin, Italy and thousands of small-scale food producers from all over the world. The event will give visitors the opportunity to discover and taste the products and cuisines of the Slow Food network worldwide - Slow Food Presidia, food communities and producers – and attend some of the hundreds of Taste Workshops, conferences, Theater of Taste events and more. This is the ninth edition of the Salone and the fourth edition of Terra Madre.
www.salonedelgusto.com
www.terramadre.org
NOVEMBER
t.b.c. Agro-Food Fair
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
For the second time, Slow Food Macedonia will host an area dedicated to the movement’s projects and promoting the philosophy of good, clean and fair as part of Macedonia’s most important agro-food fair.
9-11: Slow Food Market
Zurich, Switzerland
A good, clean and fair market involving small-scale producers from across Switzerland, including Terra Madre food communities and Presidia, with Taste Workshops, activities for children and an Enoteca space.
More information here.
12: “Orti in Condotta” Festival
various locations, Italy
Celebrations of the national project ‘Orto in Condotta’ (convivium food gardens) will take place in school and communities, bringing together generations to remember the farming history and culture in the more than 300 localities across Italy.
www.slowfood.it
11-14: Slow Fisch Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Fifth edition of the event that looks at the work being done by Slow Food Germany to preserve sustainable fishing and seafood traditions. In addition to presenting good, clean and fair fish from Northern Europe, the marketplace includes producers of accompanying condiments and foods, as well as breweries and wineries.
www.slowfisch-bremen.de
DECEMBER
10: Terra Madre Day - INTERNATIONAL
locations worldwide
Slow Food convivia and Terra Madre food communities celebrate eating locally each year on the association's birthday - December 10.
www.slowfood.com/terramadreday
