Projects - Slow Food International

A Slow Food Academy to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems

4 December 2023

Indigenous peoples’ food systems are suffering erosion at an alarming rate, encroached upon by unsustainable, industrialized agricultural models that respect neither climate nor culture. The replacement of these foods results not only in a dwindling of cultural and biological diversity, but jeopardizes the resilience of our global food system. Indigenous peoples’ communities all over the …

Putting Slow Food on the Campus Café Menu in Ibadan, Nigeria

19 November 2023

“In preserving our food traditions, we safeguard our culture—ensuring that the flavors of our past continues to enrich the present while nurturing the sustenance of generations to come. Each recipe passed down is a thread woven into the tapestry of our community’s resilience and continuity. It is a commitment to nourish not only our bodies …

The Revival of Forgotten Millets in Jharkhand, India

15 October 2023

“Reviving the consumption of millets among Jharkhand’s local communities brings so many benefits: better health, the restoration of food heritage, and improved social equity by involving everybody in building an improved value chain. And what better time for the project to gain momentum than during the International Year of Millets.” — Jestin Pauls, Project Leader …

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 …

Slow Food Uganda Launches New Presidium To Protect Ndiizi Banana Varieties

10 March 2023

On March 10, 2023, in the remote farming village of Ndaiga, in Sembabule district, central Uganda, the second Slow Food Presidium in the country is being launched to protect the Ndaiga Ndiizi Banana. “Uganda is home to a rich banana biodiversity and is one of the leading consumers of bananas globally, but this biodiversity is …

Trip to Honduras along the coffee supply chain

13 February 2023

Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee Village Community In Las Capucas, a small rural community in the mountains of the municipality of San Pedro de Copán, most families are somehow linked to coffee production. Francisco Villeda, known as Pancho, is among the member producers of the Cooperativa cafetalera Las Capucas and part of the Slow Food Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee …

Ark of Taste crosses the Mediterranean thanks to MEDSNAIL project

2 January 2023

An interactive map talks about the 29 products selected through the project The countries of the Mediterranean basin present a rich variety of agri-food products deeply rooted in local culture and biodiversity and representative of the Mediterranean diet. These territories also share common problems and challenges in the agri-food sector, such as the gradual loss …

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 …

Slow Food Coffee Coalition board of experts meet to define future of the network

28 October 2021

Within the Slow Food Coffee Coalition exists an important and decisive advisory body, the Board of Experts: an active group of producers, roasters and professionals from all over the world whose aim is to co-create and guide the future of the network. Last month, these leading experts in the coffee sector met to pave the …