Press Releases in English

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 her honorary degree at a ceremony on Friday, June 22 in Pollenzo, Italy On Friday, June 22, 2018, the University of Gastronomic Sciences will present an honorary degree to Alice Waters, one of the most influential figures in world gastronomy and someone …

The Slow Food International Council Convenes in Nairobi, Kenya, from June 14 to 17, 2018

12 June 2018

From June 14-17, Nairobi hosts the Slow Food International Council, the organization’s strategic guiding body. The assembly represents the main forum for dialogue between local Slow Food representatives and will outline the key strategies for Slow Food international for the next year. Together with the Slow Food Executive Committee, which is the highest institutional governing …

Slow Food Nations Adds Family-Focused Programming and Free Talks Around “Food For Change” To Denver Culinary Festival

12 June 2018

New York, NY/Denver, CO (June 11, 2018) — Slow Food USA continues to expand the schedule of events for the second annual Slow Food Nations, a three-day culinary festival taking place on July 13-15 in Denver, Colorado, with the launch of a series of free talks and family-focused events throughout the weekend. A complete schedule …

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2018

6 June 2018

All the latest news about the biggest international event dedicated to food is online… now! The program for Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2018 will go online today and, over the coming weeks, will be updated with additional activities planned for the 12th edition of the event. The world’s most important international event dedicated …

Burkina Faso is Not a Country of Guinea Pigs: Slow Food Fights Against GMOs

31 May 2018

Research on biofortified sorghum, GM maize, and GM cowpeas continues in Burkina Faso Slow Food and Burkinabe civil society are joining forces with the Citizens’ Collective for Agroecology (CCAE) in the fight against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by participating in a major march against GMOs, schedules to take place in Ouagadougou on June 2. In …

Slow Food Tanzania at Karibu / KiliFair

31 May 2018

For the very first time Slow Food Tanzania will participate in this international Event Slow Food Tanzania will participate for the first time in Karibu / KiliFair, the largest and most important tourism trade fair in East Africa, which will take place June 1-3, 2018, in Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Slow Food will organize activities …

MIGRANTI FILM FESTIVAL: Cultures on the Move

29 May 2018

Six documentaries, four features, six shorts, and five comedies have been selected from over 3,100 films submitted from 117 countries The second edition of the Migranti Film Festival will take place in Pollenzo, Italy, from June 1 to 4, 2018. The festival, which is dedicated to migratory phenomena, bringing people together, and migrant self-awareness, has …

The Health of Brazilian Citizens Comes First: The Poison Pack Proposal Must be Rejected

25 May 2018

On May 29, the Brazilian National Congress will vote on Law Project 6299/02, also known as the Poison Pack Proposal (which includes 29 other Law Projects), which aims to dismantle the country’s regulatory system for agrochemicals. Brazil is among the biggest consumer of agrochemicals and their indiscriminate use is directly related to the country’s current …

European Public Health Alliance, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU, Slow Food

24 May 2018

EU needs a blueprint for food and farming, finds new academic report *** Brussels, May 24 – the European Union (EU) has no consistent, coherent or complete food policy, finds new research published today. The absence of an overarching framework means that the current food and farming policies are failing to adequately protect public health …

Terra Madre Balkans 2018: The Balkans’ Role in Sustainable Rural Development in the EU

23 May 2018

After four previous editions in Sofia (2010, 2012), Dubrovnik (2014), and Tirana (2016), the Terra Madre Balkans network gathered at the heart of the European debate in a moment that is crucial for defining the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond 2020. At Terra Madre Balkans 2018, over 100 delegates from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, …