Communities - Slow Food International

Culinary heritage as a promoter of family and social cohesion in Manabí

22 August 2022 Luisa Vélez Sabando

Because of its traditional and ancient flavors and ingredients, Manabí food has the capability to make people connect with a single sentiment -the enjoyment of food full of history and evocation of memories linked to the family-. In Manabí, each member of the family plays a role in contributing to the food supply. Adult …

The best way to feed the world is to let communities feed themselves

21 July 2022

Upon visiting the Netherlands, Edie Mukiibi, since recently President of Slow Food International, shared his reflections, crucial for our way forward in creating a Good, Clean & Fair food system Edie Mukiibi visited the Netherlands at the beginning of June, at the invitation of Slow Food the Netherlands. With work experience in 32 African countries, …

Cooking as Political Act and Message of Peace

13 July 2022 Annalisa Audino

Ksenia Amber, 38, is from Odesa, now one of the crucial locations in the Ukrainian war with Russia. Before the fighting began, she had a restaurant there, Slow Piggy, specializing in international cuisine but using local products. Since February, she has been traveling around Europe, promoting Ukrainian gastronomic culture and organizing dinners to raise funds …

Slow Food Heroes: interesting online opportunities to meet and support each other

26 May 2022

Mustafa Alper Ülgen is the Slow Food Ida Convivium leader and with the other members of the community decided to organize online events to keep the community spirit strong during the Coronavirus emergency. Free panels were organized on sustainable access to good, clean and fair food, the relationship between crop production in agriculture and animal …

Slow Food Heroes: showing once more the resilience of Indigenous peoples

19 May 2022

As COVID-19 swept around the globe, it reached remote areas where indigenous peoples have peacefully coexisted with nature for centuries. It amplified the problems created by climate change and inequality, and as they have done for centuries, indigenous peoples continued fighting to keep existing. Showing once more their resilience, as people. Jose Amaury Machado Camizão …

Together for Slow Food Communities in Ukraine: united to support reconstruction and biodiversity

18 May 2022

Julia Pitenko, leader of Slow Food in the country, describes the situation in the country and how the distribution of funds is progressing Against all hope, the war continues in Ukraine. Ceasefire still seems a distant possibility. As in all conflicts, those who pay the most severe consequences are civilians, millions of whom have been …

A project for resilience in the mountains of Guatemala

13 May 2022 Deines Rojas

Guatemala is one of the most diverse countries in Central America, with mountains, volcanoes, beaches on the Caribbean sea and Pacific ocean, and mountains. However, almost half of the population resides in rural areas, facing challenges like inequality and poverty, where smallholder agriculture plays a vital role to secure income and sustenance. From the hills …

A new challenge for the Slow Food network: increasing the resilience of mountain communities and supporting sustainable production practices

15 April 2022

Guatemala, Lesotho, Nepal, and Rwanda: are the countries involved in a project focused on resilient environments, sustainable production practices, and the protection of agrobiodiversity as factors that can serve as avenues to improve dietary diversity and quality and, in turn, generate income for sustainable smallholder farmers while simultaneously aiding in the restoration and preservation of …

A message from Ukraine: donate to support today

22 March 2022 Julia Pitenko

“Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, more than three million people have left the country in search of safety. Millions more have left their homes to seek shelter in other parts of the country, further away from the front lines. Yet we are proud to report that around 90% of …

Food Symbols: Sharing the Independence Bean

18 March 2022 Anna Maria Rumińska

Food Reenactment Methodology Episode 1: FOOD SYMBOLS It’s hard to detach our thoughts from the war behind our Eastern border. We’re trying to minimize its effects through our aid activities in Poland, here in our ‘backyard’. Networking shows how important cooperation is. It refers to many other countries, regions, and nations that constantly go through …