Indigenous peoples

After three years of mutual learning with indigenous youth and based on the teachings of the case-study undertaken, Slow Food launched a small prize to reward the best project proposals by indigenous youth. This small contribution was aimed to indigenous youth who participated to the training events held withing the IFAD and Slow Food project …

After three years of work, eight ITM international events in five countries, activities on ten Indigenous-led Slow Food Presidia in Latin America and Africa, and a global pandemic, the IFAD and Slow Food project “Empowering Indigenous Youth and their Communities to Defend and Promote their Food Heritage” is coming to its closure, but the results …

The Sateré-Mawé people lives close to the sources of the rivers Andirá and Marau, in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. The link that they share with their land is so strong that the Brazilian constitution itself protects their right to live here, in this corner of the rainforest. It is here that the Sateré-Mawé people …

The project Empowering Indigenous Youth and their Communities to Defend and Promote their Food Heritage, financed by IFAD, started in 2018 through an agreement between Slow Food, IFAD, and the Kiriri community of Banzaê. The project emerged to bring new income alternatives for young Kiriri people by promoting the manioc of the Kiriri people and …

The blue or mouthless crab (Cardisoma crassum) is a terrestrial crab characterised by its sky-blue carapace, orange belly, eight red legs and two claws. It feeds on mangrove leaves and other surrounding vegetation and is found in the north and south of Esmeraldas Province in Ecuador. The crabs are essential to the local gastronomy – their …

The Archipiélago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (in Colombia) is home to the Providencia Black Crab (Gecarcinus ruricola), a crustacean with a dark shell, red legs and an extraordinary flavor. Crabs are an integral part of the Raizal people’s culture, their diet and the local economy, but due to urbanization, mass tourism, deforestation and climate …

The Gran Chaco Wild Fruits Presidium was founded in 2014 in collaboration with the Gran Chaco Foundation and the Gran Chaco Artisan Women’s Cooperative (Co.M.Ar.) to support the efforts of women from the Qom, Wichi, Qomle’ec and Pilagá indigenous in preserving and promoting the region’s wild fruits. In recent years, the Presidium has been mainly …

The Ogiek are indigenous people who live in and around the Mau Forest on the southwestern side of the Kenyan Rift Valley and in the forests around Mt. Elgon along Kenya’s north-western border with Uganda. The entire Ogiek belief system and livelihood relies on the forest and its resources, with honey being the most important …

The Red Maasai sheep, named so for their typical red-brown, and occasionally pied, shaggy coat of hair, is an East Africa indigenous breed traditionally kept by Maasai pastoralists and smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. By the time being, these sheep are mostly found in the semi-arid regions of southern Kenyan and northern Tanzanian …

The maguey pulquero (Agave atrovirens, salmiana or americana), is a characteristic plant originating from Mexico. Its main product is aguamiel, which is used for the artisanal production of pulque, a drink that is part of the Mixtec people’s cultural tradition. Magueys, or Yaavi ndidi, as they are known in the Mixtec language, grow in the …