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Massimo Bottura: Beyond the Michelin Stars

25 June 2018

The man behind the world’s best restaurant is dedicated to more than the trappings of haute cuisine. His organization Food for Soul has taken a revolutionary approach to fighting food waste and feeding society’s vulnerable members, and continues to make inroads.

Alice Waters to Receive Honorary Degree from the University of Gastronomic Sciences

18 June 2018

The chef, activist, food intellectual and Slow Food vice-president will be awarded the degree at a ceremony on Friday June 22 in Pollenzo. Waters is one of the most influential figures in world gastronomy and has made a fundamental contribution to the definition of the cultural, ethical and social value of food and cooking, in particular in regards to spreading the culture of organic, seasonal eating and the promotion of food education in schools.

Jambo Slow Food!

17 June 2018 Silvia Ceriani and Elisa Virgillito

Kenya is your home There is only one way to truly understand Slow Food communities. Words are not enough, and even photos and videos do not reveal the soul. We must meet the protagonists in person: the women, men, elderly and children who testify to the power of belonging to a global network. These are …

Freda Chale: A Shining Light in Tanzanian Gastronomy

25 May 2018 Aikande Kileo

Growing up in a small village in Tanzania is not easy, especially as a girl. But nothing is impossible when faced with strength and belief. Growing up in the village of Machame during the 1940s and ‘50s, Freda would walk 6 km to school, the first steps on a journey which later led her to establish …

Slow Food in Russia is Officially Born!

23 May 2018

On May 17, the founding congress of the all-Russian organization Slow Food in Russia took place in Suzdal (Vladimir Region). Seventy delegates from the cities of Tashtagol, Ufa, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and Saransk, as well as other regions of Russia, took part in the congress. Paolo Di Croce, Secretary General of Slow Food, opened the congress and …

Slow Food Makedonia – The establishment of a national Slow Food network in Macedonia

16 April 2018 Michele Rumiz

Over the weekend, on Saturday April 14, 57 delegates from throughout the Republic of Macedonia gathered in Skopje and established Slow Food Makedonia as the umbrella organisation bringing together all Slow Food convivia and food communities in the country. This formal step takes place 10 years after the establishment of the first Slow Food convivium …

The Rural Revolution of Professor Wen Tiejun

19 February 2018 Carlo Petrini

Today China holds a key role in the world’s economic and social landscape, and the choices of this giant will have a huge influence on the future of all of humanity. I am convinced that thanks to the tireless work of people like Wen and his team it will be possible to follow a path towards balanced and long-lasting development.

Reclaiming Our Cities, Starting From Food

10 January 2018 Michela Marchi

Over half the world’s people now lives in cities, an extraordinary statistic given that in 1900, just over a century ago, only 10% of the population was urban. And the trend is continuing in the same direction: Predictions estimate that 75% of us will be city-dwellers by 2050. The roots of this anthropological upset lie …

The GMO Bill puts the future of Uganda under threat: Slow Food offers a different way forward

19 December 2017

No need for GMOs: Uganda’s rich biodiversity already provides solutions to the country’s food problems “In Uganda, Slow Food continues to embrace, implement and disseminate agroecological practices as the legitimate solution to the problems of the current food system; it works on initiatives that defend the non-renewable wealth of food biodiversity under threat from GMOs,” says Edie …

Everything You Know About the Ocean Is Wrong

18 December 2017 Andrea Cascioli

It’s been a quarter of a century since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, one of the first steps towards a global environment policy. Since then there have been annual meetings of the parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (the latest, COP23, was met with almost complete indifference from the media) with …