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Busting the Myths on New GMOs

Busting the Myths on New GMOs

16 November 2022

As the European Union is preparing to decide on whether and how to deregulate new GMOs, we look at the most frequent claims made by the biotechnology and seed industry to promote new GMOs and their deregulation. Spoiler: they’re misleading, if not deceptive.   Myth #1: Changes brought by new GM techniques (or “genome editing”) …

Slow Food Calls on Political Leaders to Save Biodiversity

Slow Food Calls on Political Leaders to Save Biodiversity

23 May 2022

On World Biodiversity Day (May 22), Slow Food published a policy brief on biodiversity, outlining its dramatic decline and the urgent need for the international community to step up its efforts to save this vital resource for the future of humankind. National governments will meet next June to refine their global biodiversity framework ahead of the …

VILLNOSS, ITALY: THE NEWEST SLOW FOOD TRAVEL DESTINATION

VILLNOSS, ITALY: THE NEWEST SLOW FOOD TRAVEL DESTINATION

23 May 2022

On the 28th of May, Villnöss Valley will become the newest Slow Food Travel destination, the first in Alto Adige / Sud Tyrol province of Italy.  Villnöss Valley (Val di Funes in Italian, Villnöss in German) is an unspoiled place at the foot of the Dolomites, considered among the most beautiful mountains, whose prominent peaks encircle the entire …

A Biodiverse Diet Means a Healthy Diet

A Biodiverse Diet Means a Healthy Diet

22 May 2022

Preserving our invaluable heritage of food and agricultural biodiversity is not only good for the environment and ecosystems but also good for us and represents a way of taking care of ourselves.  Food biodiversity, in other words, the diversity of plants, animals, and other organisms that we eat, contributes to a healthy, varied diet.   …

Climate change and migration as a driver of knowledge

Climate change and migration as a driver of knowledge

19 May 2022 Anna Maria Rumińska

Anna Maria Ruminska lives in southwest Poland and runs, with other volunteers, the Slow Food Dolny Slask Convivium, born to promote the gastronomical biodiversity of the whole region. This article explains how things have changed in Poland since the pandemic, particularly the awareness of the importance of small-scale agriculture and traditional knowledge that can make …

Slow Food Netherlands hosts Slow Food International Vice President Edie Mukiibi

Slow Food Netherlands hosts Slow Food International Vice President Edie Mukiibi

11 May 2022

This June, Slow Food Vice President and Slow Food Uganda Executive Director Edie Mukiibi will visit the Netherlands, on invitation of Slow Food Netherlands. After having worked together on a North-South partnership project to kickstart the Ugandan Ark of Taste book last year, they are now looking to strengthen this international relationship further. During the …

A new challenge for the Slow Food network: increasing the resilience of mountain communities and supporting sustainable production practices

A new challenge for the Slow Food network: increasing the resilience of mountain communities and supporting sustainable production practices

15 April 2022

Guatemala, Lesotho, Nepal, and Rwanda: are the countries involved in a project focused on resilient environments, sustainable production practices, and the protection of agrobiodiversity as factors that can serve as avenues to improve dietary diversity and quality and, in turn, generate income for sustainable smallholder farmers while simultaneously aiding in the restoration and preservation of …

A message from Ukraine: donate to support today

A message from Ukraine: donate to support today

22 March 2022 Julia Pitenko

“Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, more than three million people have left the country in search of safety. Millions more have left their homes to seek shelter in other parts of the country, further away from the front lines. Yet we are proud to report that around 90% of …

Food Symbols: Sharing the Independence Bean

Food Symbols: Sharing the Independence Bean

18 March 2022 Anna Maria Rumińska

Food Reenactment Methodology   Episode 1: FOOD SYMBOLS It’s hard to detach our thoughts from the war behind our Eastern border. We’re trying to minimize its effects through our aid activities in Poland, here in our ‘backyard’. Networking shows how important cooperation is. It refers to many other countries, regions, and nations that constantly go through …

Civil Society Protests Against Agribusiness Greenwashing Over EU Food Policies

Civil Society Protests Against Agribusiness Greenwashing Over EU Food Policies

15 March 2022

On March 15, Slow Food joined other civil society and farmers’ organizations to protest against the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA), a greenwashing event to strengthen the influence of the chemical and agri-food industry in the design of public policies. We call on our European decision makers to listen to science and citizens, …

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