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Story of a Beekeeper, Episode 1: “Bees are fascinating beings”

17 March 2021

Ariele Muzzarelli is a beekeeper and member of the Slow Food community on Pollinators in the City, in Turin, Italy. She owns “Apesapicoltura”, a small company specialized in beekeeping and honey production. “I practice a nomadic beekeeping on the Piedmont territory, and I am always looking for new places and welcoming lands for my bees.” She …

New Policy Brief: What do the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food?

22 February 2021 Alice Poiron

A brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food” Slow Food Europe has published a brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food”. The document, available in English, German, French, and Italian, gives an in-depth analysis …

Meet the new Task Force of World Disco Soup Day 2021!

22 February 2021 Valentina Gritti

World Disco Soup Day 2021: A group of worldwide activists dreaming to stop food waste. The 24th of April will mark the date of the 5th World Disco Soup Day 2021, the international Slow Food Youth Network campaign to raise awareness about food waste. Every year a group of activists from all over the …

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 …

Beekeeping: A Terra Madre “How it’s Made” Preview

6 August 2020

Beekeepers are influenced by the health of their bees and climate conditions. They are like herders who live with their herd, following them in search fo new pastures and blooms. Lorenzo De Laugier is the protagonist of a HOW IT’S MADE, a new format for Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto 2020 dedicated to jobs related to food, …

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 …

Wenchi Volcano Honey, a Project of Preservation

9 July 2020

A few hours west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, the road begins to climb up between pastures and fields of grains and ensete – a tree similar to the banana tree, whose leaves and roots are used widely as an intricate part of the Ethiopian diet. After a while, it reaches the magnificent landscape of Wenchi, …

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 …

Preserving Ancient Beekeeping Traditions in Mexico

23 May 2020

Long before Europeans brought honey bees to the Americas, Mayan beekeepers harvested honey from the log nests of stingless bees native to tropical forests. Mayans were experts of beekeeping and used honey as a sweetener, as an antibiotic, as an ingredient in the Mayan version of mead, and as a commercial currency. The Yucatan peninsula in …

#BeeFriend: 10 Small Things You Can Do to Save the Bees

18 May 2020

Walking in the heights and plateaus of Barbagia is a privilege I benefit with sincere gratitude. And if everywhere spring sweetens even the blackest days, here in central Sardinia, I assure you, it is an enchantment. A dip in the heart of the land: the buzz of bees and bumblebees comes to me clearly and …