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France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto

27 August 2022

Slow Food’s delegation from France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany consists of about 128 people. The Netherlands will be the most represented country from the region, with 56 delegates coming to Turin this year. They’re followed by Germany with 46 people. The delegates from France will be 21 and from Belgium 5. They all are active in their …

Rivers of green gold: olive oil at Terra Madre

17 August 2022

Italy has the most important significant variety of olive biodiversity in the world. FAO study describes 538 different varieties in Italy, representing 42% of the global total. Among these, each variety is the expression of its land, its air, its local culture, and the work of the people who grow it. Did you learn something new …

Michael Moss: the meaning of fast and slow

12 August 2022

Today we’re talking to Michael Moss, author of two books about the food industry: Salt sugar fat (2013), and Hooked: food, free will, and how the food giants exploit our addictions (2021). He’s also one of the speakers at You, me, and us, a conference to discuss the impact we can have on the food system through our choices. Did …

Regenerative dialog: The conferences

3 August 2022

The Conferences of Terra Madre 2022 are the center stage for the debate around #RegenerAction and how we can turn our ides into tangible change on every level, everywhere. These are hybrid conferences, with a live audience in the Kyoto Room of the Environment Park in Turin, and online, to ensure the widest possible participation. Our online …

The Great Caribbean: a paradise to look after

24 March 2021 Marianeli Torres Benavides

The Greater Caribbean is made up of a group of islands and coastal areas of Central American countries, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. The name Caribbean derives from the name of the original inhabitants of this area. “The islands were a world dominated by Arawaks and Caribs, people who had arrived from the depths of the …

World Disco Soup Day 2021 (WDSD) continues digitally

24 March 2021 Silvia Moroni

New format, same goal. In light of the persistence of the pandemic, the World Disco Soup Day 2021 (WDSD) will go digital. On Saturday 24 April 2021, activists and friends of the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) and Slow Food from all over the world will cut, cook and dance at home or in small …

Biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar

16 March 2021

A new recipe from the Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance in Germany: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar. Today Marcello Gallotti, a member of Carlo Catani’s “Tempi di Recupero,” a network of cooks promoting the use of scraps and leftovers, shares with us his recipe for a tasty sustainable main course: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar.  Marcello and Andrea Gallotti, who first met as students at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo could never have guessed …

Uruguay Welcomes its First Earth Market: Colonia Valdense Joins the Slow Food Network

11 March 2021

The network of Earth Markets, farmers’ markets that follow Slow Food principles, is expanding to Uruguay, bringing the number of countries with at least one market to 28. Uruguay’s first Earth Market is in Colonia Valdense, a small town in the south of the country. Here, a group of producers have already been meeting weekly for …

New Policy Brief: What do the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food?

22 February 2021 Alice Poiron

A brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food” Slow Food Europe has published a brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food”. The document, available in English, German, French, and Italian, gives an in-depth analysis …

Meet the new Task Force of World Disco Soup Day 2021!

22 February 2021 Valentina Gritti

World Disco Soup Day 2021: A group of worldwide activists dreaming to stop food waste. The 24th of April will mark the date of the 5th World Disco Soup Day 2021, the international Slow Food Youth Network campaign to raise awareness about food waste. Every year a group of activists from all over the …