international congress

On July 16, 2022, Slow Food hosted its 8th International Congress in Pollenzo, Italy. This historic date for the organization marks a new phase of change and regeneration, with the election of a new board led by a new President, Edward Mukiibi. He takes over from Carlo Petrini, who founded the movement in 1986. “The …

I was born into a relatively large family living on the northern shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda. Like many other low-income households in the region, our main source of livelihood was mixed farming on a small piece of land, which also supplied most of our food needs. I soon learned about the importance of …

It would be very easy to be pessimistic at this juncture in time. Wildfires like those that recently devastated swathes of land in Australia, California, Europe and Siberia will increase by a third by 2050, warns the UN. There are over 40 active conflict zones around the world, affecting 2 billion people, half of whom …