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Slow Food Earth Markets: Growing Sustainability, from Product to Packaging

13 February 2023

Purchasing is a political act, a concrete tool we can use daily to counter problems of enormous magnitude, from the climate crisis to biodiversity loss. In this context, Slow Food’s Earth Market program is a fundamental element in the creation of local food policies and can show institutions and civil society another way to sell …

A project between Slow Food and IFOAM to support the develpment and implementation of the Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)

25 August 2022

The Krakow Earth Market (Targ Pietruszkowy) became the pilot project to prove the benefits of setting a participatory guarantee system in place. “We all know each other we are friends.” Says Daria, one of the participants. “I don’t grow carrots, so if I feel like eating carrots, I’ll go buy them from Lukasz. There is …

We Feed The Planet 2022 in Japan

22 March 2022 Deines Rojas

A food festival inspired by collaboration, and solidarity. The theme, ‘Delicious co-creation and exchange’ came to life in this edition of We Feed The Planet 2022, organized by Slow Food Nippon. An event aiming to offer a space where people interested in making an impact could get together, share knowledge, ideas, and encourage each other …

It’s Slow Food season in Kraków, as the Slow Chef Festival begins!

4 June 2021

Beginning June 5th, some of the top Kraków chefs will be meeting over the course of five months at Targ Pietruszkowy (Parsley Market), one of Slow Food Earth Markets, to promote good, clean and fair food. Slow Chef Festival is the newest initiative of Slow Food Kraków convivium and Targ Pietruszkowy Slow Food community. From …

Reflections on the Earth Markets and sustainability

30 April 2021

The Earth Markets are one of the most ambitious and complex Slow Food projects, requiring significant and continuous logistical organization between the participating producers. The goal is to create direct links between producers and the public, cutting out the middle-men and making good, clean and fair food more accessible. Did you learn something new from …

Slow Food Travel has Western Visayas in its sights!

31 March 2021

On Saturday 27th of March 2021, the Slow Food Community of Negros Island, the Department of Tourism of the Philippines and Slow Food International launched an exciting new project focused on agrobiodiversity and cultural mapping and building public and stakeholder awareness of the provinces of Western Visayas. This new project also gains inspiration from a …

Biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar

16 March 2021

A new recipe from the Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance in Germany: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar. Today Marcello Gallotti, a member of Carlo Catani’s “Tempi di Recupero,” a network of cooks promoting the use of scraps and leftovers, shares with us his recipe for a tasty sustainable main course: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar.  Marcello and Andrea Gallotti, who first met as students at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo could never have guessed …

Uruguay Welcomes its First Earth Market: Colonia Valdense Joins the Slow Food Network

11 March 2021

The network of Earth Markets, farmers’ markets that follow Slow Food principles, is expanding to Uruguay, bringing the number of countries with at least one market to 28. Uruguay’s first Earth Market is in Colonia Valdense, a small town in the south of the country. Here, a group of producers have already been meeting weekly for …

New Policy Brief: What do the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food?

22 February 2021 Alice Poiron

A brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food” Slow Food Europe has published a brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food”. The document, available in English, German, French, and Italian, gives an in-depth analysis …

Slow Soup Drive: A Response to Covid-19

19 February 2021

Slow Soup Drive to tackle food waste, malnutrition and food security. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that there are many who do not have adequate access to wholesome food, especially families with low or no income. The truth is, however, that this need was there even before COVID-19 appeared. As a response, the Slow Soup Drive was born in April 2020, organized by Slow Food …