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The “Save Bees and Farmers” Coalition Brings 1.1 million Citizens’ Voice at the European Parliament

26 January 2023

On January 24th, Slow Food and other representatives of the “Save Bees and Farmers” European citizens’ initiative (ECI) presented their citizen-backed demands for pesticide reduction at the European Parliament. The hearing marked the peak of a two-year long campaign which gathered 1.1 million signatures across the continent. Although the debate between Members of the European …

Slow Food and “Save Bees and Farmers” meet with European Commissioners

28 November 2022

On November 25, the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) “Save Bees and Farmers” entered a new stage, as its representatives, Slow Food included, were received by European Commissioners Věra Jourová (Values and Transparency) and Stella Kyriakides (Health and Food Safety), to formally present their demands backed by over 1,1 million EU citizens: 1 A phase-out of …

The “Bees and Farmers” Tour Meets Pope Francis

14 September 2021 Alice Poiron

On September 8, representatives of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Save Bees and Farmers” met with Pope Francis in Rome, thus concluding their week-long “Bees and Farmers” tour in 8 different Italian cities, to promote the initiative to save pollinators, biodiversity and those who cultivate it. So far, 970,000 EU citizens have signed the ECI, …

Bees As Seeds

30 July 2021 Melanie Kirby

For centuries human beings have found in bees the representation of positive values. Symbol of industriousness, ingenuity and generosity, in recent years, bees have become increasingly alarming sentinels of a balance that human beings themselves are threatening. From Farms to Forest Lands- Each bee is a unique seed that has been sculpted through memories of …

No substitute for honey

27 April 2021

How adulteration and bee malnutrition threaten the future of this food, the bees that make it, and all the other plants they pollinate. If the panda and the tiger were the symbols of wildlife conservation and environmentalism in the 1990s, then the figurehead for the contemporary Green movement is most certainly the bee. That’s mostly …

The Queen: when music saves the planet. Max Casacci supports the ECI #SaveBeesAndFarmers

13 April 2021

Nature is music and harmony. And Max Casacci, musician and producer of Subsonica from Turin, has turned it into a melody. A song to save the bees. “The Queen”, the first solo work by Max Casacci, already available in streaming on all digital platforms and in CD version combined with the book Earthphonia – Le …

Plum and honey crumble

25 January 2021

The Chefs’ Alliance recipe of this month is Swiss honey flavoured crumble. Brigitte Streiff shared with us the recipe for a very easy to do dessert, but don’t make it unless you signed the “Save the bees and farmers” petition to be submitted to the European Commission to ban pesticides that are harmful to our …

The Protection of Pollinators in the EU Likely to Be Jeopardized

17 July 2020 Indre Anskaityte

On July 16 and 17, a standing committee meeting on phytopharmaceutical products has gathered in Brussels to decide on the future of the so-called EFSA Bee Guidance Document, which is intended to protect honeybees, bumblebees and wild bees against the toxicity of pesticides. Leaked documents obtained by Pesticide Action Network – PAN Europe, indicate that …

Europeans Have a Chance to Save Bees. We Count on You

2 July 2020

The current agricultural system is broken. Faced with weather extremes, plummeting insect populations, and unfair prices for farmers, a transition to a fair, sustainable, and bee-friendly agriculture is urgently needed. Slow Food is part of the European Citizens’ Initiative “Save Bees and Farmers“, which aims to collect 1 million signatures of EU citizens and ask …

A Young Beekeeper from Sicily: about the bee life, different types of honey and pesticides

3 June 2020 Indre Anskaityte

Claudia Cavaliere is a young beekeeper from Sicily, Italy. Her family has a small farm, where they grow vegetables and keep some animals, while Claudia focuses on beekeeping. She is part of the Sicilian Black bee presidia. Claudia recently joined the SFYN Instagram live and shared her experience of beekeeping. You can watch the full …