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From the EU to the UN, Biodiversity Needs Agroecology

7 July 2021 Alice Poiron

Whilst Slow Food launches its global online campaign to promote the protection and restoration of biodiversity, the European Union continues to be incoherent in its approach to biodiversity and food policies. Ahead of the United Nations’ biodiversity summit, environmental discussions must acknowledge the central role that food and agriculture play in the fight against climate …

Rolls of Costardelle: A Slow Food Cook’s Alliance Recipe

6 June 2020 Adriana Sirone and Enzo Saya

Adriana Sirone, owner of the restaurant Casa e Putìa in Messina, Italy, has gathered a group of professionals from outside the kitchen, to provide the hospitality and welcoming spirit of home. “Even though Casa & Putia has only one owner, it is the shared and realized dream of four friends in love with their land, …

Indigenous Slow Food Journey in Jharkhand: Of the People, For the People

2 March 2020

Often left out of the mainstream narrative, the east Indian state of Jharkhand remains a mystery to most. The state’s rich mineral deposits have made her a hotspot for extractive industries. This is affecting the indigenous peoples of Jharkhand, especially as settler populations have reduced their numbers by half since India’s independence in 1947. Indigenous …

Where did all the insects go?

11 February 2020 Damini Ralleigh

Consider American biologist Edward Osborn Wilson’s words, “If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land,” in light of the following fact: 40% of the world’s insect species are threatened with extinction. The rapidity of the decline is estimated …

2020 The Year of Plant Health

15 January 2020

As a joyful celebration of nature, the United Nations (UN) declared 2020 as the year of plant health. “The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) for 2020, which aims to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect …