Indigenous peoples

Slow Food stands in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

15 March 2018 Philippines

Slow Food and the Indigenous Terra Madre networks are deeply concerned for the security and liberty of several Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights Defenders in the Philippines following a petition filed in court and made public last week by the government seeking to declare them as “terrorists and outlaws”. Slow Food President and Founder, Carlo Petrini …

Slow Food and IFAD take the lead: Indigenous crops bring climate solutions for farmers in Brazil’s Caatinga

8 February 2018 IFAD Brazil

Longer dry seasons and unpredictable rainfall are having a serious impact on the farming communities in the Caatinga biome, in north-eastern Brazil.
Against this background, IFAD has focused on reducing rural poverty. Part of that work is to develop the production of indigenous crops. IFAD is working with its local partner the Government of Bahia, Slow Flood Brazil, local farmers’ organizations and technical assistance providers.

In harmony with the landscape: A trip to Northern Thailand to explore traditional farming and land management

5 February 2018 Lee Ayu Chuepa and Nutdanai Trakansuphakon

In this article we will take you to Northern Thailand to explore an ancestral practice called rotational farming. Last November we held a workshop that sought to address the question: How can we encourage indigenous youth to maintain traditional knowledge for local food innovation based on rotational farming and agroforestry? We took the workshop participants into the forests and fields around Hin Lad Nai village and learned about the natural and cultural heritage of the landscape.

Land grabbing: An urgent issue for indigenous peoples around the world

25 January 2018 Francisco Luis Prieto

About 2.5 billion people around the globe, including 370 million indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used, and managed collectively. This means that one third of the world’s population is vulnerable to dispossession by more powerful actors. As stated by the “Land Rights Now” campaign, indigenous peoples protect more than …

Dark days for Kenya’s nomadic herders

15 January 2018 Samson Ngugi Kenya

The Bisanadi National Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Isiolo County, Kenya, adjacent to the Meru National Park, home to lions, elephants, cheetahs, white rhinoceros, buffalos and over 400 species of bird. Water for the animals is provided by the Tana Rojewero rivers, though a recent drought has put great pressure on animals and people …

Rediscovering the food culture of the Ainu people

23 November 2017 Francisco Prieto Japan

On 29th of October, 2017, the 1st Ainu Food Festival was held at the Ainu Cultural Center in Pirka Kotan, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Over 300 people gathered to take part in panel discussions, wood carving workshops, herbal nature walks, and traditional Ainu cooking classes. Slow Food and Indigenous Terra Madre events. This event was organized …

New Slow Food International Council has two Councilors representing Indigenous Peoples

10 November 2017 Francisco Prieto D.R.C.United States

The Slow Food International Congress in China closed successfully and indigenous peoples took a further step inside the Slow Food movement. Indigenous peoples were represented physically as a delegation and formally in the Chengdu Declaration and in a dedicated motion entitled “Indigenous peoples’ knowledge, a key ally in facing global challenges”. This document, is a …