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Indigenous Presidia across the world help to preserve the food heritage of Indigenous Peoples. A short tour through the main achievements of indigenous communities

21 December 2020

In the last 20 years, the Presidia have become one of the projects that successfully embody Slow Food’s vision of food production and biodiversity. It involves 78 countries and more than 15,000 producers in every region of the world, all with the shared goal of preserving the cultures, tastes and agro-diversity of local areas. In …

Reviving Siyez Wheat Bulgur in Turkey

16 July 2020

With the grain renaissance underway in many countries around the world, we see headline after headline clamoring the power of the revival of ‘ancient’ wheat varietals like emmer, spelt, and Einkorn, in a fight to protect biodiversity, and step away from industrial wheat hybrids. For a community in the province of Kastamonu, in a forested …

How Do Slow Food Presidia Contribute to Saving the Planet?

12 June 2020

The relationship between industrial agricultural production, climate crisis, and environmental disruption is a fact. Therefore, the fight against climate change and the preservation of the planet can only start with agricultural production. We can no longer wait: The ecological transition in agriculture is an urgent and necessary solution. All of us have a role and …