Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             Slow Food Solidarity 05 Dec 07 - News da Terra Madre The second day of the Fifth International Slow Food Congress, in Puebla, Mexico, on the 10th of November opened with a focus on solidarity. Representatives from the Villahermosa Slow Food food community took the stage, to recount in few but eloquent words the immense disaster – ecological, economic and social – that has battered their region in recent days. The crisis, described by Mexican President Calderon as “one of the worst natural catastrophies in the history of Mexico”, has impacted 70% of residents of the state of Tabasco. Of the two and a half million citizens, many of whom are farmers, half of these have been severely effected by the floods over 20,000 square kilometers. The daily life, economy and hope of an entire region have been submerged by a blanket of water which is up to four meters deep in some points, with more than 300,000 evacuees and an almost total destruction of local agricultural production. “Dear friends of the community of food production”, began Alma Rosa Garces. “I come from the most fertile hills of this wonderful country, which has welcomed you with joy and passion. Today, you can no longer see these hills, as they are submerged in the flood-waters and mud”. In similar words to Carlo Petrini’s speech a day earlier, Alma Rosa stated “we take this tragedy as a sign from nature, that must direct us to developing a relationship with the land which is less negligent and irresponsible”. “We are here to inform you that this has had a devastating impact on our people and agriculture and to ask for you assistance as we rebuild our future”. Rosa invited the Congress not to forget these friends, who won a Slow Food Prize for Biodiversity in 2001 and today are part of the Terra Madre network. An initial proposal from the Congress to assist this community, ratified with applause by delegates, is to donate the proceeds of all sales of Slow Food books and merchandise sold during the Congress in Mexico, to this community. Further, Slow Food Switzerland, Slow Food Italy and Slow Food San Francisco immediately announced they would each make a donation of, respectively, 7000 euro, 15000 euro and 7000 dollars. In addition, Congress delegates are making individual donations.   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     Italy - 05 Feb 10     Pasta Madre     Farmers, academics, researchers, and members of the public will gather in Bologna this weekend as the city becomes host to Pasta Madre, Slow Food's two-day event focusing on bread, pasta...           News archive     France - 04 Feb 10     Europe Edges Towards Bluefin Ban     France announces their support for trade ban on blufin tune caught in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. ...     China - 03 Feb 10     China Considers Dog and Cat Meat Ban     Defenders of traditional cuisine and animal rights activists battle over potential ban on eating dog and cat meat in China ...     Paraguay - 01 Feb 10     Greenwashing for Beef Land     A Brazilian cattle-ranching company has been exposed for illegally bulldozing land belonging to a native tribe in Paraguay ...     Turkey - 29 Jan 10     First Slow Cities in Turkey and USA     New Slow Cities on the Californian and Ageana Coastlines ...     United States - 28 Jan 10     Freedom Food     Prisons launch grow-your-own schemes for inmates ...     Australia - 26 Jan 10     Slow Australians Awarded     Second-longest Australian Slow Food member named a Australian of the Year 2010 ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab