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From Spain, an heartbreaking news for the Slow Food family: Agur, Alberto.

12 June 2021

The large family of Slow Food has sadly lost another valuable, passionate and loving person. Yesterday, Friday, June 11th, Alberto Lopez De Ipiña Samaniego passed away at the age of just 61. The news came to us in the evening, like a thunderbolt from the sky. From his first experience as a member at Terra …

SFYN Podcast: Resilience of Indigenous Communities

7 June 2021

The goal of this episode is to broaden our understanding of a regenerative food system within the context of an indigenous community, and to shed light on the age-old agricultural practices that keep our communities strong. We learn about the multi-faceted challenges indigenous communities face, in the past, present, and future, and the solutions and …

EU Member States Show Support for the Deregulation of New GMOs

7 June 2021 Madeleine Coste & Alice Poiron

Last week, EU Member States welcomed the alarming Commission’s study on “New Genomic Techniques”, which suggests certain new GMOs to be exempt from rigorous safety assessments. Slow Food sees this disappointing conclusion as a proof of the EU’s resort to biotechnologies as a silver bullet for current food system problems and calls on the EU …

It’s Slow Food season in Kraków, as the Slow Chef Festival begins!

4 June 2021

Beginning June 5th, some of the top Kraków chefs will be meeting over the course of five months at Targ Pietruszkowy (Parsley Market), one of Slow Food Earth Markets, to promote good, clean and fair food. Slow Chef Festival is the newest initiative of Slow Food Kraków convivium and Targ Pietruszkowy Slow Food community. From …

Farewell to PierPaolo Ambrosi, a great friend of Slow Food

2 June 2021

On Thursday, 3rd June, 2021, our beloved friend PierPaolo Ambrosi passed away. He was a man of incredible charisma, able to speak to the heart of everyone: from remote shepherds to ministers. We owe him a lot, for he has been the person that first established our network in Albania, back in 2011. And he …

No Deal in Sight for a Green EU Farming Policy

2 June 2021 Yael Pantzer

From May 25 to 27, talks over the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) crumbled as Member States rejected the EU Parliament’s weak environmental plan as too green & those on labour rights as too strong, while the EU Commission pretended the new CAP was still in line with the EU Green Deal. Last …

SFYN podcast series: Exploring Ecosystems

27 May 2021

Within the framework of Terra Madre 2020, we decided to develop a SFYN Podcast series dedicated to different ecosystems. Each ecosystem was paired with a specific sub-thematic that was particularly relevant for it. For example, how can arid lands be an example for regenerative practices or how can gastronomy be a tool to preserve biodiversity …

Slow Food Climate Action: join the 24-hour climate conference on June 26th

27 May 2021

Slow Food Climate Action is the new Slow Food Campaign which highlights the issues around Climate Change, and how Slow Food aims to tackle them. On June 26th at noon CET, we’ll be launching with a 24-hour online conference which will include a mixture of film, panel discussions and debates, and will offer space to …

Agroecology as key for the future: building local economies in East Africa

25 May 2021

The positive impact of agroecological practices and their environmental, socio-cultural, health and economic benefits is highlighted in three interesting case studies from the “Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology” project, funded by the Agroecology Fund and launched by Slow Food in collaboration with its local networks in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic …

NIYAT: a new project for the Slow Food network in Argentina

24 May 2021

Indigenous* leadership in the construction of new forms of local governance for the recognition and access to rights. The word “Niyat” refers to the Wichí name of the traditional leader, who represents a guide and bases his leadership on the knowledge and ability to guide the group in the face of the risks and difficulties …

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