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The best way to feed the world is to let communities feed themselves

21 July 2022

Upon visiting the Netherlands, Edie Mukiibi, since recently President of Slow Food International, shared his reflections, crucial for our way forward in creating a Good, Clean & Fair food system Edie Mukiibi visited the Netherlands at the beginning of June, at the invitation of Slow Food the Netherlands. With work experience in 32 African countries, …

Slow Food Heroes: showing once more the resilience of Indigenous peoples

19 May 2022

As COVID-19 swept around the globe, it reached remote areas where indigenous peoples have peacefully coexisted with nature for centuries. It amplified the problems created by climate change and inequality, and as they have done for centuries, indigenous peoples continued fighting to keep existing. Showing once more their resilience, as people. Jose Amaury Machado Camizão …

Together for Slow Food Communities in Ukraine: united to support reconstruction and biodiversity

18 May 2022

Julia Pitenko, leader of Slow Food in the country, describes the situation in the country and how the distribution of funds is progressing Against all hope, the war continues in Ukraine. Ceasefire still seems a distant possibility. As in all conflicts, those who pay the most severe consequences are civilians, millions of whom have been …

A project for resilience in the mountains of Guatemala

13 May 2022 Deines Rojas

Guatemala is one of the most diverse countries in Central America, with mountains, volcanoes, beaches on the Caribbean sea and Pacific ocean, and mountains. However, almost half of the population resides in rural areas, facing challenges like inequality and poverty, where smallholder agriculture plays a vital role to secure income and sustenance. From the hills …

Slow Food Heroes: together we grow collective power!

23 September 2021

In the Philippines, what started as a four-month food relief drive in the early days of the pandemic has turned into a sustainable food security initiative. The Slow Food Community Sari Sari has been able to make a difference against the Coronavirus

A GREAT FUTURE AWAITS US: THE GASTRONOMIC EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ETNA

14 May 2020 Silvia Ceriani

What is the future going to look like, as we move into the post-pandemic era? Do we imagine it to be better or will our environmental and social situation continue to deteriorate? Beyond the immediate catastrophe, many of us have hoped that Covid-19 might offer an opportunity for change, for us to become more respectful …

Indigenous Communities around the World Face Unique Challenges of COVID-19

11 May 2020

As COVID-19 swept around the globe, it reached remote areas where indigenous peoples have peacefully coexisted with nature for centuries. It amplified the problems created by climate change and inequality, and as they have done for centuries, indigenous peoples continue to adapt to the changing ways of the world while holding onto their ancestral knowledge …

The Slow Food Network in Colombia Mobilizes Different Efforts to Face the Crisis Generated by the Covid-19 pandemic

27 April 2020

Colombia is one of the many countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To confront it, the national government has adopted a series of measures that include the confinement of the Colombian population, the strengthening of health care and humanitarian aid for those most in need. One of the sectors that currently faces the greatest demands …

BUILDING OUR NETWORK: SOLIDARITY INITIATIVES GROWING ACROSS EUROPE

26 April 2020

How is the Terra Madre and Slow Food network coping in the continued lockdown? Fortunately, the online network and social media have proved to be useful to the real, physical network of producers, cooks, and activists, reducing the sense of distance and isolation and creating space for new initiatives of solidarity. There are lots of …

Slow Food Germany: Solidarity and Mutual Support – That’s the Spirit

22 April 2020 Sharon Sheets, Slow Food Deutschland

Dire times call for drastic measures, which for the local groups meant to bring all events and planned activities to a halt, and postpone convivial meetings for the unforeseeable future. To many people of the Slow Food network, including the small- and medium-sized businesses we call our supporters, as well as our Chef Alliance cooks, …