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World Disco Soup Day 2018 is Almost Here!

24 April 2018 Simone Luijckx

The big day is almost upon us! The incredible moment for (young) food activists to fight food waste all over the world, is almost here! World Disco Soup Day is this weekend! So far, we are expecting more than 90 events worldwide! Chefs, volunteers, activists, and farmers will collect, chop, cook and dance from Japan to …

Agricultural Heritage Sites Fuse Ancient Wisdom with Modern Adaptation

18 April 2018 José Graziano da Silva

Agriculture is an ancient human activity, and over millennia there have been numerous examples of inspired genius. The qanat system of irrigation, first reported more than 2500 years ago in Iran, quite literally made the desert bloom. An elaborate network of aquifer-driven underground tunnels, informal water governance systems, naturally-powered filtration designs and complementary cultivation schemes …

Slow Food Makedonia – The establishment of a national Slow Food network in Macedonia

16 April 2018 Michele Rumiz Macedonia

Over the weekend, on Saturday April 14, 57 delegates from throughout the Republic of Macedonia gathered in Skopje and established Slow Food Makedonia as the umbrella organisation bringing together all Slow Food convivia and food communities in the country. This formal step takes place 10 years after the establishment of the first Slow Food convivium …

Slow Fish Drops Anchor in San Francisco

13 April 2018 United States

On odd years since 2005, members and followers of the Slow Food network have set sail for Genoa, for Slow Fish, the biennial fair aimed at promoting sustainable and responsible fishing and a better seafood industry. The event attracts around 50,000 participants per year and has recently sparked a surge in international events as Slow …

Doha, a Palestinian Farmer Weaving Herself a Network of Solidarity

11 April 2018 Palestine

There is a simple—and most importantly effective—response to hardships, injustices and abuses of power. It is called mutual assistance, or solidarity. You can see it in the Terra Madre communities, nodes in a network that treats food and sharing as the starting point for a new paradigm, a new social model. And you can see …

What kind of politics would adequately address climate change?

6 April 2018

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. An anthropologist, journalist, and novelist, Ghosh has taught creative writing at New York’s Columbia University and been a correspondent for the New Yorker. Today he divides his time between New York and Goa. His novels, published in more than 20 languages including Italian, have earned significant international …

Terra Madre Balkans goes to Brussels!

5 April 2018

The 5th edition of Terra Madre Balkans – bringing together food communities from Southeast Europe – will take place in the capital of the European Union from May 21 – 23, 2018. After four editions around the Balkan countries: Sofia (2010, 2012), Dubrovnik (2014) and Tirana (2016), the Terra Madre Balkans network has decided to …

Artisanal Fishing and Responsible Cooking on Both Sides of the Mediterranean

4 April 2018 EgyptItalyMoroccoTunisia

Bizerte in Tunisia, will host the first event to bring together artisanal fishing communities from Egypt, Italy, Morocco, and Tunisia. The first edition of Slow Fish: Artisanal Fishing and Maghreb and Mediterranean Cuisine will take place in the Old Port of Bizerte (Tunisia) on Saturday, April 7, 2018. The event, organized by Slow Food and …

La Finca del Medio in Taguasco

31 March 2018 Cuba

It may seem like just another entry to the list of stories about the sometimes-exaggerated fantasy of the Cuban countryside, but it is not. The province of Santi Spíritus is home to an undeniably special place: La Finca del Medio, a bastion of humanity, creativity and respect for nature. A place where everyday can be seen …

Pesticide Action Week: Gardening Without Pesticides

30 March 2018

Today marks the official end of Pesticide Action Week, but the battle to stop the rampant use of pesticides continues. The dangers posed by pesticides, to the environment, our health and that of the animals and insects with which we share the planet, are well documented, and the objective of Pesticide Action Week is to …

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