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Migrant Stories

24 October 2019

Every day the Slow Migrants network supports cooks, farmers, cheesemakers, beekeepers and many others who cultivate the diversity of their lands, putting slow processes of adaptation into action and giving rise to new cross-cultural gastronomic fusions. Slow Food is trying to shine a light on this often-submerged world, a microcosm capable of changing the lifestyles …

Food, the Recipe for Dialogue

22 January 2019 Valentina De Gregorio

Ninety people, living across six Piedmontese provinces, and originating from over 30 countries between them, all with different backgrounds in farming, restaurants, or business, are the diverse participants in Le ricette del dialogo. Cibo e storie per l’intercultura e l’integrazione “Recipes of Dialogue: Food and stories for multiculturalism and integration”. This Slow Food project, started …

Redefining the Mediterranean

23 October 2018 Valentina De Gregorio

The Mediterranean is much more than a sea. Although these days its crossings are generally voyages born out of desperation, it remains a place of hope, and positive cultural exchange. This unique place was at the heart of much discussion during the International Festival of Mediterranean Cooking.

The Arena at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto – Indigenous peoples, migrants, and youth

20 September 2018 Giles Robinson

The Arena at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto was inaugurated, bringing together the Slow Food Indigenous Terra Madre network, the Slow Food Youth Network SFYN, and the migrants network.

A Chat with Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

23 August 2018 Valentina De Gregorio

In June 2014, Hilal Elver entered into service as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, a role that she still holds. The right to food is a cross-disciplinary issue that involves environmental, economic, and social challenges such as migration and gender issues. Women, for instance, face significant barriers when tackling food insecurity. …

Forgotten Conflicts and Malnutrition: A Way Forward

2 June 2018 Valentina De Gregorio

“Migrants are talked about lots and wrongly.” So stated journalist and Sky correspondent Monica Napoli at the opening conference of the Migranti Film Festival 2018, summing up the point of departure for the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Unish), founder of the Migranti Film Festival, currently being held for the second year running in partnership with …

Behind the Scenes at the Migrant Film Festival

28 June 2017 Buket Soyyilmaz

The University of Gastronomic Sciences, the educational institute founded by Slow Food in 2004, held the Migranti Film Festival on June 10 – 12 at the university campus in Pollenzo, Italy. The film festival called attention to issues relating to migration, particularly second generations, coexistence, identity, and multiculturalism. Abderrahmane Amajou, coordinator of Slow Food International’s …

Lebanon: Refugees Welcome

15 November 2016 Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini writes following his experience visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon: “Seeing this reality close up forces us to reflect on the debate in Europe around migrants.”