Projects - Slow Food International

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 …

Slow Food Relaunches the Cinema for Innovation, Networks and Environment (CINE) Project

5 July 2021

Support Cinemas, Rebuild Social Relationships and Promote Environmental and Food Culture Now that social venues are opening back up, we can finally restart the activities of the Cinema communities for Innovation, Networks and Environment (CINE) project, funded by the European Union, with the contribution of Fondazione CRC, and coordinated by Slow Food. In addition to the French MobilEvent , …

We grow our gardens and our gardens grow us: a story of change from Târgu Mureș, Romania

24 March 2021

“If you want to change your world, plant a garden.” ~ Carol J. Michel We started seeding change in 2017 with one garden and the vision of a city (our city) in which by 2030 every school has or is a (forest) garden, where wild life and humans co-exist, and the diverse edible landscapes we …

Polish Eagle Beans: A Pulse Beating Like a Warm Heart Across Continents

26 January 2021 Nata Paszkowska

Beans can link not only countries, but also continents, as is the case with with these Ark of Taste pulses from Poland; their social pulse links Poland and Brazil, with Latvia and Italy also taking playing a part in this bean music. The name of the bean variety Polska Fasola z Orzełkiem (PFO) literally means …

Where Have You Bean?

22 January 2021 Carolina Modena and Richard McCarthy

If you didn’t know beans are serious stuff, you just don’t know beans! Beans have been disparaged for years as “poor food.” Worse, during periods of economic boom and rapid urbanization, culinary leaders neglect legumes and pulses as remnants of the peasant past. Back to the Future Today beans are enjoying a fresh wave of …