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VILLNOSS, ITALY: THE NEWEST SLOW FOOD TRAVEL DESTINATION

23 May 2022

On the 28th of May, Villnöss Valley will become the newest Slow Food Travel destination, the first in Alto Adige / Sud Tyrol province of Italy. Villnöss Valley (Val di Funes in Italian, Villnöss in German) is an unspoiled place at the foot of the Dolomites, considered among the most beautiful mountains, whose prominent peaks encircle the entire …

Preservation and enhancement of the agricultural and food heritage in North Africa

23 July 2021 Nazarena Lanza & Aurélie Fernandez

North Africa abounds in traditional agricultural systems that are remarkable both for the high levels of cultivated biodiversity they represent and for the reservoir of traditional agricultural and culinary knowledge that they have been transmitting for centuries. Subjected to the devastating pressures of rapid globalization, rural exodus and the effects of climate change, these systems …

Slow Food Travel reaches new destinations in Switzerland

20 July 2021

The Dents du Midi region in Switzerland joins the already active destinations in Canton Vallais. After Carinthia – Alpe Adria in Austria, the Upper Tanaro Valley and the Biella mountains in Italy, the Dents du Midi region, with its rich pastoral activity and a unique gastronomic terroir, joins the other destinations already active in Canton …

Slow Food Travel has Western Visayas in its sights!

31 March 2021

On Saturday 27th of March 2021, the Slow Food Community of Negros Island, the Department of Tourism of the Philippines and Slow Food International launched an exciting new project focused on agrobiodiversity and cultural mapping and building public and stakeholder awareness of the provinces of Western Visayas. This new project also gains inspiration from a …