Press Releases in English

Slow travel is the new trend… and Slow Food Travel is setting the standard!

9 August 2019

“Slow travel” is an expression that is increasingly used in newspapers, TV, and radio around the world. From the English newspaper The Independent to the Spanish agency EFE, it seems that traveling slowly has become particularly trendy; there are many tour operators offering travel packages that include, for example, long walks to discover natural landscapes or long train routes as an alternative to flights.

Slow Food and Sustainable Tourism in the Cordillera: Itogon Arabica Coffee and Ulikan Red Rice will be officially presented at WOFEX

6 August 2019

On August 9, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (of the UN FAO), Slow Food, and the Department of Tourism in the Philippines will participate in WOFEX (World Food Expo Philippines – the largest and best export-oriented food show in the country) to launch the “Food and Tourism for Mountain Development” pilot project* with a focus on local products and gastronomy of the Benguet and Ifugao areas, where the project works directly with family farmers and artisan producers to promote agrobiodiversity and agroecological food systems to improve the livelihoods of mountain communities.

Is the EU Opening the Door to More Hidden GMOs?

24 July 2019

Slow Food: «Excluding the New Plant Breeding Techniques from the Existing GMO Law Risks Opening the Door to More Hidden GMOs». It has been one year since July 25, 2018, when the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that organisms obtained from New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs), such as CRISPR, must fall under the already …

Slow Food comments on the UN report on the progress towards Zero Hunger

15 July 2019

“We need bolder policies to combat poverty, inequality and marginalization that adopt an agroecological, inclusive and socially equitable model of food production.” According to the UN, the number of people in the world who suffer from hunger continues to increase, with Africa the most-affected continent. July 15, 2019, Slow Food HQ – The UN’s report, The …

Slow Food Nations: Let’s Talk About the Future Of Food!

9 July 2019

Among the hot topics to be discussed are how to use innovative agriculture without losing tradition and how to make the food system more equal, inclusive, and fair for all.

Slow Food Ark of Taste Garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2019

27 June 2019

Slow Food’s global biodiversity-protection project featured for the first time at one of the world’s biggest gardening shows The RHS Hampton Court Palace Festival, one of the best-loved events in the UK gardening calendar and the world’s largest garden festival, will this year be featuring a garden created by Slow Food UK. The exhibition runs from …

What Slow Food International Council expects from the new FAO Director General

20 June 2019

What Slow Food International Council expects from the new FAO Director General: «We want him or her to come out openly in favor of family farming, agro-ecological systems and the consolidation of biodiversity». The new Director General of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) will be elected at the United Nations in a few days’ time. …

96 Slow Food Representatives from 32 Countries Gather in Tuscany for International Council Meeting

13 June 2019

Discussions focused on the Slow Food communities as a response to the challenges of the future Between June 13 and 16, 2019, the picturesque Tuscan town of Chiusi welcomed 96 Slow Food representatives from 32 countries for the annual meeting of the Slow Food International Council, which gathers annually to set the direction for the …

Slow Food East Africa and Heritage Foods Africa join forces at KARIBU/KILIFAIR to stress the importance of protecting local food for our health and for the environment

4 June 2019

Slow Food national networks from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda will share a stand, in partnership with Heritage Foods Africa Foundation, at KARIBU/KILIFAIR in Arusha, Tanzania, from June 7 to 9. Producers and activists of the network will display and sell 10 traditional products in risk of extinction (which have become Slow Food Presidia in order …

One million EU citizens make history for farm animals

31 May 2019

As of today, one million EU citizens have signed the End the Cage Age European Citizens Initiative (ECI); the biggest ever political push for farm animal welfare. May 30, 2019 – Slow Food joined forces with over 170 other animal welfare and environmental organisations across the European Union to launch the #EndTheCageAge ECI, which aims …