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Edible Cities: Rebuilding Food Sovereignty one Rooftop at the Time

16 October 2020

Slow Food Uganda is working with the Youth Network to mobilize citizens to grow urban gardens as a way of increasing access to nutritious and affordable vegetables and fruits among families and localized communities. Edible Cities can be a viable and sustainable activity to improve nutrition, income generation, and ecological advancement. High levels of undernutrition …

A New Earth Market Opens in Tarsus!

16 October 2020 Jack Coulton

Tarsus is an ancient Turkish city with more than 9000 years of history. It has always been a strategic junction for land and sea routes, connecting trade from three key areas: The fertile Çukurova Plain, Central Anatolia, and the Mediterranean. Even today agriculture is an important source of income in this area: half of the …

Returning Value to Local Farmers, The Cali Earth Market Joins the Slow Food Family

15 October 2020 Paula Thomas

With a mission to protect the soil and water of the Cauca Valley, and to provide a place for more than 70 rural families to offer a plethora of tropical fruits, vegetables, coffee, and a warm smile, the Ecological Farmers’ Market in Cali, Colombia, joins the global Slow Food’s Earth Market family. For nineteen years …

Film Screening: Heartwood Presented by the Slow Food Youth Network

14 October 2020

To kick off our digital activities at Terra Madre, the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) has organized a documentary film screening of Heartwood by Stefano Petroni. This will be one of the first public screenings of this inspirational documentary, which has been produced a group of youths from our network: Agostino and Stefano Petroni, Sava …

Ecology, Equality, Economy: Rethinking the Highlands

13 October 2020 Gioia Baggio

The highlands represent a crucial nexus between urban and rural space and are without a doubt some of the most complex and fragile areas on our planet. The penultimate forum of Terra Madre was dedicated to the highlands, where we’ve been exploring the world from the perspective of ecosystems, shedding light on the most pressing …

Water and the Power of Community Work

12 October 2020 Paula Thomas

“Water is a fundamental link between humans and nature, it represents how healthy our relationship with the planet is, and it is a crucial element of our lives. The UN recognized the human right to water a decade ago, yet water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource, and access is steadily being privatized. Nowadays, water …

Food for the Mind: Terra Madre Reflections on the World that Feeds Us

12 October 2020

Five more Food Talks released as part of the program of Terra Madre 2020. Food for the mind and visions for the future. Don Ciotti: “To address food and agricultural politics is, at last, to address politics for all, to protect the common good.” Larissa Bombardi: “The area of Brazil being used to cultivate soy …

Every Seed is a Symbol of Resistance – a Terra Madre Conversation

11 October 2020

The forums of Terra Madre are moments of discussion in which the members of the Slow Food Network – producers in the many Communities and Presidia, cooks, activists, and experts – debate issues related to agriculture, nutrition, sustainability, biodiversity, and production models. The focus this year at Terra Madre is different ecosystems, beginning with the …

Food for the Mind: Reflections to Understand the World – Terra Madre

10 October 2020

“The coronavirus is the biological response of Gaia, our living planet, to the state of ecological and social emergency of which mankind is both the cause and the victim,” says Fritjof Capra, Austrian Physicist, economist, and writer, inaugurating the series of Food Talks at Terra Madre. Together with him in the digital program of Terra …

Geography According to Terra Madre

9 October 2020

Appeals from Franco Farinelli, Virginie Raisson, and Paul Collier, during the opening conference of Terra Madre Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2020 is officially open! The 13th edition of the most important event dedicated to good, clean, and fair food starts today and continues for six months, with an innovative format that combines digital events …

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