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A View from Ukraine: Only with Solidarity Can We Safeguard Biodiversity and Lay the Foundations for the Future

24 February 2023

Whatever their nature, crises have much to teach us. One of their fundamental lessons is this: Together we are stronger. This belief underpins the Slow Food network. Wars, pandemics and natural disasters only highlight our awareness that we are one big community with a specific duty, to help each other and protect our Mother Earth. …

Olena Tovsta, Ukrainian farmer: ‘The Slow Food network saved my farm’

9 June 2022

When her husband got drafted into the army at the beginning of the war, Olena Tovsta found herself alone managing the entire family farm, called Dobro Craft, in the Gadiach countryside, in the Poltava region. Through the campaign Together for the Slow Food Communities in Ukraine, she received resources that allowed keep the farm alive, …

Carlo Petrini and Olivier de Schutter Discuss the Future of Food in Europe

7 April 2022 Alice Poiron

On March 31, Slow Food Europe and IPES-Food hosted their first in-person event in Brussels since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out: a dialogue between Carlo Petrini, president of Slow Food, and Olivier de Schutter, co-chair of IPES-Food: “COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and rising food prices: how can we transform food systems in the face of constant …

Saving people who save cows: the symbiosis of humans and cattle in wartime

29 March 2022 Jack Coulton

Mykhailo Travetsky is a farmer and veterinary doctor based in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, close to one of the main roads connecting the eastern city of Sumy with the capital, Kyiv. He’s no ordinary cattle farmer: besides being a qualified veterinary doctor he’s a committed custodian of several rare Ukrainian cattle breeds, including the Grey Ukrainian …

A message from Ukraine: donate to support today

22 March 2022 Julia Pitenko

“Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, more than three million people have left the country in search of safety. Millions more have left their homes to seek shelter in other parts of the country, further away from the front lines. Yet we are proud to report that around 90% of …

The Farm to Fork Strategy is the Future of the EU Food System

16 March 2022

Since the war broke out in Ukraine, industrial lobby groups & conservative policy-makers have instrumentalized it to try rolling back the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. The EU Food Policy Coalition, of which Slow Food is an active member, reacted in an open letter to the European Commission. Our message? The Strategy is the only …

Make borscht not war: from fine dining to feeding the front line

15 March 2022 Jack Coulton

Just a month ago, 100 років тому вперед (100 years ago in the future) was one of the most coveted jewels of Kyiv’s culinary scene, a forward-thinking restaurant with room for just 30 guests.

Good, Clean, Fair Food in Ukraine: From Homegrown to Wild

2 September 2020

The rapid development of a conscious restaurant business in Ukraine has strengthened the position of local farming and increased interest in the local product. Igor Mezentsev, a member of the Slow Food Alliance of Chefs, shared his experience of working with local products. Despite the fact that the development of a restaurant menu largely depends on the …