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The Manioc of the Silent People

6 February 2020

The Kiriri are one of the indigenous peoples living in the Sertão, the semi-arid region found in northeastern Brazil. Their name means Silent People, but this community has made itself heard and managed an important victory that has inspired many other indigenous groups fighting to regain access to their land. After 15 years of campaigning, …

Final Reflections on Shaping the Future of Food in Africa

10 December 2019

A full week of teaching, learning, and growing came to an end on Saturday, December 7th, as we wrapped up “Shaping the Future of Food in Africa”. This was more than just an advocacy and capacity-building workshop; it was a moment of intercultural bridge-building that united delegates from seven African countries around one goal: good, clean and fair food for Africa.

New Slow Food Community founded: “African Youth Leaders for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems”

6 December 2019

The Slow Food Community “African Youth Leaders for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems” was founded today in Nakuru, Kenya. Their objective is to create an inclusive African youth network that can advocating for the restoration of indigenous peoples’ food systems and rights.

Exchanges on the field with the delegates of “Shaping the Future of Food in Africa”

5 December 2019

Inviting people to participate in advocacy for change in the food system can seem unrealistic: how can we advocate if we don’t go out and learn from the virtuous examples that exist around us? That’s why today, the delegates of “Shaping the Future of Food in Africa” as well as the Hivos and Slow Food teams went to three different institutions based in Kenya to get a first-hand experience of the future of food in the local area.

Slow Food Youth Network and Indigenous Terra Madre ready to flourish in Africa

3 December 2019

The first day of the Indigenous Terra Madre and Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) event “Shaping the Future of Food in Africa” is almost over, and with four more days ahead, Africa’s first Advocacy Workshop Event on the topic of the Future of Food in Africa is off to a great start.

Farmers don’t know they’re growing unhealthy food, and people don’t know they are eating it.

29 November 2019

The Future of Food in Africa will be shaped not by one but by many. One of these many is Elphas Masanga, a young Kenyan participating in Shaping the Future of Food in Africa: an advocacy workshop for future food leaders from the Indigenous Terra Madre and the Slow Food Youth Networks (SFYN), which will take place from December 3rd-7th in Nakuru, Kenya.

A recipe from the Cooks’ Alliance: the Importance of indigenous traditions to Claudia Albertina Ruiz Sántiz

22 November 2019

The traditions of the indigenous Maya people have profoundly influenced the life path of Claudia Albertina Ruiz Sántiz, a Mexican chef from San Juan Chamula in the state of Chiapas, taking her from her home region to some of Mexico City’s top restaurants and finally back to her roots. From an early age Claudia challenged …

Slow Food in Peru and its young people’s network organize SISAY

22 November 2019

The Latin American Congress of Young Farmers, to build the future of good, clean and fair food for everyone, from October 28 to 31, 2019 in Barranco, Lima, Peru. SISAY, from the Quechua word for “blooming”, is a unique gathering and learning event facilitated by the Slow Food network in Peru, for young people committed …

A victory for good, clean and fair food for everyone: children Amazonas will have indigenous food for school meals!

21 November 2019

In early November, 26 indigenous Sateré-Mawé producers signed an agreement with the Municipality of Maués in Amazonas to supply their good, clean and fair products to indigenous municipal schools in Amazonas. The agreement will remain in place for one year and is worth approximately R$103,000 (approx. $26,000), and around 50 indigenous municipal schools in Maués, …

Young Indigenous Peoples to Present an Action Plan to Shape the Future of the African Food System

20 November 2019

The event will bring together young and indigenous delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa. From December 3rd–7th, delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa will gather in Nakuru, Kenya, to participate in the event “Shaping the future of …