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SFYN Podcast: Exploring Agroecology by Mélanie Antin

19 April 2021

Agroecology is considered as the ecology of food systems. It has been fervently deployed in different countries of the global South, in opposition to the policies of the Green Revolution and is being developed and spread by a wide network of academic researchers, activists and NGOs. For the social organizations that defend it, agroecology represents …

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 …

Will our grandchildren know the taste of fruit, or just see it in history books?

21 February 2020 Jack Coulton

Would it be worth abandoning farming altogether and switching to an entirely synthetic diet in order to save the planet? George Monbiot seems to think so. We tackle the gross simplification that farming, as a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is therefore an undesirable aspect of human society.

Slow Food Academy on Agroecology to be launched in East Africa

30 January 2020

The four-month course aims to train young producers and farmers on sustainable agriculture Slow Food, in collaboration with its local networks in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, has launched the Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology project, funded by the Agroecology Fund. The initiative, which will run until February …

Bringing Slow Food to the Galapagos: The Luxury of Sustainable Farming

20 April 2019 Karina Bautista

I see it as a luxury. Not the kind you wear, nor the kind you ride. A Pico Iyer kind of luxury:[1] that of going slow in an age of acceleration. Of bringing stillness to our “wheel-always-spinning” kind of life. And along with the indulgence of calm, is the delight, and anyone who has ever …

Slow Food at the first Agroecology for the 21st Century conference in Cape Town

22 February 2019 Emanuele Dughera

The South African city of Cape Town hosted the inaugural Agroecology for the 21st Century conference last month. Slow Food contributed to the event in a range of ways, from panel discussions to catering, to organizing a Disco Soup.

Vale José Antonio Lama Martínez – Pepe

17 October 2018 Madelaine Vázquez Gálvez

Slow Food says goodbye to a dear friend in Cuba, José Antonio Lama Martínez, known to all as Pepe.

Finca Slow! The New Slow Food Cuba Project

18 July 2018 Allyson Pérez

Cuba’s Slow Food network is building on the already established and fertile ground of agroecology in the island nation, pioneering the Slow Farms initiative, promoting and celebrating farms that practice sound and sustainable agroecology.

As Hurricane Season Looms Overhead, Cuban Farmers Look to Agroecology for a Sustainable Future

25 June 2018 Allyson Pérez

As the hurricane season in Cuba rears its head this year, farmers brace themselves for more storms that could affect their harvests, exacerbated in no small part by the continued onset of climate change.

The Health of Brazilian Citizens Comes First: The Poison Pack Proposal Must be Rejected

24 May 2018

The Poison Pack Proposal aims to dismantle the Brazil’s regulatory system for agrochemicals. The country is among the biggest consumers of agrochemicals and their indiscriminate use would prove disastrous for Brazil and its people. We must stand against the proposal!