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COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Need to Fix the Flaws of Our Food Systems

27 April 2020

As the world is still evaluating the most effective response to halt the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of the virus is profoundly impacting our food systems and exacerbating the economic inequalities and social injustices that already existed before. From the early days, the pandemic was linked to the consumption of wild animals and the impact …

The COVID-19 Crisis Should be the Time to Rethink Food and Farming Models

14 April 2020

“The problem of the global COVID-19 pandemic is often related to the market of ‘exotic’ meat, but the truth is that the model that allows the emergence of these diseases is the intensive model itself much practiced in European countries, in the United States and even in Brazil,” says Glenn Makuta from Slow Food Brasil …

Towards a New Food Revolution

13 November 2018

The #FoodforChange campaign and Indaco, a spin-off of the University of Siena, Italy, show that an unhealthy diet, based on processed foods and animal protein from industrial farms, can be compared to a diet based on products from Slow Food Presidia and other sustainable production chains, and that the latter has significant environmental, social, and economic benefits.

Agri-Food Trends in Portugal for 2027 According to Slow Food Principles

23 September 2018 Rui Rosa Dias

Current global agri-food systems lack deep strategic thinking, political commitment and involvement from the different areas of knowledge that surround food behavior. Agrarian deception and misinformation have reinforced and contributed to the high degree of illiteracy about food, places, people, modes of production, preparation, authenticity and the table, leading to a loss of part of …