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World Hunger is Getting Worse, and Africa Will Pay the Worst Consequences

15 July 2020

The number of people who suffer from hunger is continuously increasing, reaching in 2019 close to 690 million, 8.9% of the world population. This is what emerges from the report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World – SOFI just published by the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO), …

Covid-19 Outbreaks in Slaughterhouses Reveal Dreadful Conditions for Humans and Animals in Food Production

14 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreaks in slaughterhouses across several European countries reveal the excesses of our cheap meat system and the mass consumption of animal products. In light of the current situation, small, artisanal slaughterhouses must be promoted more than ever. Meanwhile, governments need to implement and monitor comprehensive legal protection for humans and animals in food production. …

Slow Food mourns the passing of Ursula Hudson

13 July 2020

Today, unfortunately, we have to communicate sad news, news that we would never have wanted to give: the loss of an important member of our great family. Ursula Hudson, President of Slow Food Germany and member of the Slow Food International Executive Committee, left us on Friday after a courageous battle against a disease that …

Slow Food Europe supports the Appeal to the Commission over Misalignment of the CAP Reform and the Green Deal

10 July 2020

Slow Food Europe supports environmental lawyers at ClientEarth, who have warned the European Commission that its failure to align the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposal with new climate, environment, and biodiversity commitments under the European Green Deal may be illegal. In a letter to Vice President Timmermans, ClientEarth says that the CAP reform proposal, with …

Wenchi Volcano Honey, a Project of Preservation

9 July 2020

A few hours west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, the road begins to climb up between pastures and fields of grains and ensete – a tree similar to the banana tree, whose leaves and roots are used widely as an intricate part of the Ethiopian diet. After a while, it reaches the magnificent landscape of Wenchi, …

Free seeds and South America without Transgenic Crops

8 July 2020

With the wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the large agro-industry companies, along with governments in the Andean region, have been pushing for even stronger cultivation of the GMOs portraying it as a way to survive or create jobs or production. South American Slow Food Network, composed of ten countries in the region, has been …

The Slow Food Burkina Caravan: promoting good, clean and fair food and fighting terrorism

7 July 2020 Jean Marie Koalga

Burkina Faso lived at a snail’s pace in the last months of February and March 2020, just before the COVID pandemic arrived. Before the measures to slow the pandemic were implemented, limiting travel as much as possible, the Slow Food Burkina Faso network set up a project called “Laafi Riibo” (health food): a Slow Food …

Indigenous women in Nicaragua forging a future with food sovereignty

6 July 2020 Christian Lam Oliveros, Ana Lucia Aleman, Yadder Murrillo

Historically, Nicaragua has been an extremely vulnerable country to various environmental and socio-economic risks, which have direct consequences on food systems. According to FSIN (2020), 13/1000 inhabitants in the country suffer from food security, with indigenous territories being the most affected by climatic events (due to their geographical position in coastal areas, cross-border locally, invasion …

Taking It Slow in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands

3 July 2020 Nikki Brighton

As for millions of people across the globe, the sudden Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa threw up unprecedented challenges, but interesting opportunities too. In our diverse KwaZulu-Natal Midlands region, the responses were also diverse. It soon became abundantly clear that having good networks and strong community support was the best survival tool. In the article …

SFYN Netherlands Saved 111,000 kg of Potatoes

3 July 2020 Lianne de Bie

Last Saturday the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) Netherlands proclaimed National Potato Mountain Day. At no less than 11 locations throughout the Netherlands, consumers could buy potatoes for a small fee, which would otherwise be used for a much lower value as animal feed or biogas. What a shame! With dozens of SFYN’ers, enthusiastic volunteers …

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