Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (Giahs) – Farming And The Future Of The Planet 27 January 2021 THE FAO’S GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM (GIAHS) Slow Food is collaborating on the project “Building Capacity: International Advanced Training Course on GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems),” co-funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) with the involvement of the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) of the University of Florence as …
Private jets are flying agricultural workers to the UK from Romania during the pandemic 4 May 2020 Jack Coulton The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated with frightening speed how frivolous our modern society is, and how much we undervalue the people at the base of the pyramid: the ones who guarantee there’s food on the table. The centrality of food to our existence, its primacy among our activities, is unequivocal. Yet in a world in …
In Memory of Alex Podolinsky, Pioneer in Biodynamic Farming 3 July 2019 Alex Podolinsky was a travelling man. Born in a Ukrainian family, two world wars would take him through Switzerland, England and Germany only to end up in Australia, on the run from the Stalin regime. Down under, he came to dedicate his life to the virtues of a biodynamic agriculture that he revisited to suit the Australian conditions.
Food Shocks, A Growing Threat 12 February 2019 Paola Nano The term ‘food shock’ refers to the loss of a harvest or livestock as a result of a sudden, extreme climate event or a geopolitical crisis. A recent study by the University of Tasmania confirms what has been evident to some: Food shocks are becoming more frequent, decade by decade.
