Press releases in English

From April 13 to 16 Slow Food Germany will hold its annual Fair in Stuttgart, now at its 16th edition. For four days, the focus will be on regional, sustainable and artisan food. Visitors can meet producers and food artisans from many different countries who share Slow Food values and projects, listen to their stories …

On World Health Day, Slow Food sent a letter to European Commissioners Stella Kyriakides (DG SANTE), Janusz Wojciechowski (DG AGRI), and Virginijus Sinkevičius (DG EENVI) to call on them to push forward ambitious food policies to address the many food-related health crises Europe is facing today. For Slow Food, only food systems, foods and diets that are equally …

On 16th March, the potential deregulation of new GMOs in the EU was discussed during the Council meeting of environment ministers. The point was brought forward by the Austrian environment minister Leonore Gewessler. This discussion is very timely as the European Commission is expected to make a proposal for new rules concerning new GMOs, or …

The project will help foster a wide mobilisation of EU citizens to transform food systems that benefit climate, health and biodiversity. Slow Food is joining the CLEVERFOOD project, that will help facilitate a wide mobilization of European citizens to transform European food systems that benefit climate, sustainability, biodiversity & public health across the European continent. …

Over 10,000 visitors, half of whom were industry professionals from Italy and abroad, came to Bologna for Slow Wine Fair 2023, the international exhibition for good, clean and fair wine, which closed after three days on February 28, 2023. The success of the second edition Slow Wine Fair 2023 welcomed 750 wineries, 50% more than …

Slow Food at the IFAD Governing Council: “Agroecological food systems guarantee food security to Indigenous Peoples” Accelerating Action for Food Security is the theme of the 46th Governing Council meeting, IFAD’s main decision-making body, in Rome (Italy) on February 14 and 15. Slow Food will be present to reiterate its position: The world needs a …

Brussels, 7 February 2023 A coalition of 50+ organisations in 17 EU member states today delivered a petition to the European Commission demanding to keep the new generation of genetically modified organisms ‘regulated and labelled’. The petition ran from April to November 2022 and received 420.000 signatures. European Commission-president Ursula Von der Leyen announced in …

Restaurants challenged to add pulses to their menus to make them more sustainable in 2023 On February 10, Slow Food will celebrate World Pulses Day. Established by FAO to recognize the potential of pulses to help achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this day presents a unique opportunity to raise public awareness about pulses …