Who’s behind your cup of coffee? Traceability means identity 28 July 2021 Each cup of coffee is influenced by the identity of the coffee itself. When I started dealing with coffee, in the early nineties, I mainly thought about promoting espresso and cappuccino and to sell coffee for the mocha only as an expression of Italian culture. At that time I collaborated with a large roasting company …
The Urgent Need for Food System Transformation 28 July 2021 Carlo Petrini The transformation of the entire food system is an urgent requirement that can no longer be delayed. That is the premise for the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, which began yesterday in Rome. Such a transformation demands profound thinking and drastic changes in order to confront the challenges we are facing: Challenges that concern not only …
A Recipe from the Spanish Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance: Fideuá con Gatet, or Fideuá de Pintarroja 25 July 2021 Chef and cooking instructor Vanesa Bustos has been a member of the Slow Food Palancia-Mijares Convivium since 2009. She recently collaborated on the creation of the La Terreta Ibérica community of cooks within the Cooks’ Alliance. Here she shares with us a fascinating recipe, typical of her home region, the Comunidad Valenciana: fideuá con gatet, …
What’s going on in South Africa? 23 July 2021 The news coming to us these days from the Slow Food network in South Africa is very worrying. Violent marauding riots in Durban, Johannesburg and sections of the main highway between Johannesburg and Durban has left damage worth billions and over 200 people dead. Since the riots began last week, following former president Jacob Zuma’s …
Preservation and enhancement of the agricultural and food heritage in North Africa 23 July 2021 Nazarena Lanza & Aurélie Fernandez North Africa abounds in traditional agricultural systems that are remarkable both for the high levels of cultivated biodiversity they represent and for the reservoir of traditional agricultural and culinary knowledge that they have been transmitting for centuries. Subjected to the devastating pressures of rapid globalization, rural exodus and the effects of climate change, these systems …
Join Slow Food and the Coffee Coalition at the Y20 Summit! 21 July 2021 The Slow Food Coffee Coalition will represented in this year’s Y20 Summit, a youth-led event bringing together young leaders from across G20 countries to discuss and debate the G20 Leaders’ agenda. The theme of the event is one of global significance: coffee. By 2050, global demand could even triple, which would mean releasing an additional …
67 000 litre target smashed – 283 588 people fed 21 July 2021 Over 280 participants in nine provinces and countless cities have proven the power of collective action, successfully smashing the target of #67000litres of soup set by food rescue organisation Chefs with Compassion. Despite significant setbacks due to the unrest in KZN and Gauteng, and spiralling Covid cases, the humanity and compassion of South Africans made …
Slow Food Travel reaches new destinations in Switzerland 20 July 2021 The Dents du Midi region in Switzerland joins the already active destinations in Canton Vallais. After Carinthia – Alpe Adria in Austria, the Upper Tanaro Valley and the Biella mountains in Italy, the Dents du Midi region, with its rich pastoral activity and a unique gastronomic terroir, joins the other destinations already active in Canton …
Opportunity : Virtual knowledge exchange for Indigenous Peoples in Asia and Pacific 20 July 2021 Dai Kitabayashi This is an initiative for indigenous friends and members of Slow Food in Asia and Oceania. My name is Dai Kitabayashi, a youth of Loochoos (Ryukyus) peoples in Okinawa, Japan, I am also a member of the Advisory Board of Slow Food Indigenous Peoples’ network. Jointly with Slow Food Nippon and headquarters office, we would …
If you do only one thing today – do this 20 July 2021 Sign the Slow Food Climate Action Declaration and join the thousands of people who attended the Slow Food Climate Action Conference in saying that we need a world which is Good, Clean and Fair to tackle climate change. In particular, we want food and agriculture to be given due consideration and the place they deserve …
