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Decolonizing Our Food: Voices from the Network

12 October 2023

On October 12, Slow Food joins the Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean in celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. To mark the event, members of the “Decolonize Your Food” campaign spoke to five Indigenous activists from the Slow Food Indigenous Peoples’ Network. The food systems of Indigenous peoples are sustained by a vast tapestry …

Making your own vegetable garden at home: seven tips from seed to harvest

16 May 2023

Tending your own vegetable garden is surely one of the most relaxing and satisfying pastimes, taking care of it day by day and following it through the cycle of the seasons. With a little effort, anyone can do it. You just need to take a few simple precautions, especially if it’s your first attempt – and as spring is here, now is the perfect time to get your fingers green!

Make borscht not war: from fine dining to feeding the front line

15 March 2022 Jack Coulton

Just a month ago, 100 років тому вперед (100 years ago in the future) was one of the most coveted jewels of Kyiv’s culinary scene, a forward-thinking restaurant with room for just 30 guests.

Cheese 2021: Slow Food Commits to Promoting Animal Welfare in Europe

24 September 2021

Slow Meat campaign to be a priority for the movement over the next three years. “Consider the animals”: This theme was the guiding thread that ran through four days of meetings, debates, tastings and educational activities at Cheese, the international event organized every two years by the City of Bra and Slow Food with the …

What way forward for Indian farming?

22 February 2021 Jack Coulton & Kumud Dadlani

The protests provoked by the 2020 Indian agriculture acts, initiated—but not yet implemented—by the government in September of last year, are far from over. The general strike in November 2020, which involved 250 million people, was probably the largest single protest in human history1. While the world media continues in search of the latest breaking …

The battle for the future of Indian farming

22 January 2021 Wil McLean

How many farmers are there in India? Not even the government knows, but it’s estimated to be around 145 million families, with estimates ranging from around 40% to as much as 60% of the population—and even taking the low estimate, that’s more farmers than Europe and all the Americas combined. But unlike the farming models …

Living Freedom in the Countryside

18 November 2020

Bringing the Zolfino Beans of the Slow Food Presidium. Simone Botti of Le Fontacce, near Arezzo, describes his work with olives and beans. Living the land is in his DNA, and the fruits of that land and that work are available in the Terra Madre online marketplace. Olives, beans and iris flowers: theses are the …

Save Biodiversity: The Last Call from Earth

23 September 2020 Gioia Baggio

The UN calls for a shift from ‘business as usual’ on its latest report, to change the course of destruction of natural resources and the imminent collapse of biodiversity. With a negative outcome in the ten-year report card, countries and governments around the world have failed to meet the 20 biodiversity goals established in 2010, …

Indigenous Peoples Driving the Conversation about Change

26 August 2020

“It’s a great honor that our work and network are recognized by Food Tank. Thanks to the producers, cooks, activists, researchers, and everyone in this network from around the world. We’ll continue to protect food culture and biodiversity of indigenous peoples’ and promote Good, Clean, and Fair foods for all,” said Dai Kitabayashi ITM Advisory …

Beekeeping: A Terra Madre “How it’s Made” Preview

6 August 2020

Beekeepers are influenced by the health of their bees and climate conditions. They are like herders who live with their herd, following them in search fo new pastures and blooms. Lorenzo De Laugier is the protagonist of a HOW IT’S MADE, a new format for Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto 2020 dedicated to jobs related to food, …