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Stories from World Disco Soup Day 2022

20 May 2022

For the 6th time after starting the initiative in 2016, World Disco Soup Day has taken all over the planet again! On April 30th continent to continent, everyone celebrated their love for sustainability, food, respect for the planet, and helping people in need. Here you can read about some of them, but WDSD has hundreds …

Join World Disco Soup Day on April 30th!

21 April 2022

Ready for the challenge? This year for the 6th edition of World Disco Soup Day we are taking a broader perspective: our main goal is to raise awareness of the current climate crisis and how we can have a positive impact on our diets. Food waste reduction and a (more) plant-based diet are powerful tools …

World Disco Soup Day 2021 (WDSD) continues digitally

24 March 2021 Silvia Moroni

New format, same goal. In light of the persistence of the pandemic, the World Disco Soup Day 2021 (WDSD) will go digital. On Saturday 24 April 2021, activists and friends of the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) and Slow Food from all over the world will cut, cook and dance at home or in small …

Biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar

16 March 2021

A new recipe from the Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance in Germany: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar. Today Marcello Gallotti, a member of Carlo Catani’s “Tempi di Recupero,” a network of cooks promoting the use of scraps and leftovers, shares with us his recipe for a tasty sustainable main course: biodynamic pork brawn, siphon bread and organic Naccari caviar.  Marcello and Andrea Gallotti, who first met as students at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo could never have guessed …

Uruguay Welcomes its First Earth Market: Colonia Valdense Joins the Slow Food Network

11 March 2021

The network of Earth Markets, farmers’ markets that follow Slow Food principles, is expanding to Uruguay, bringing the number of countries with at least one market to 28. Uruguay’s first Earth Market is in Colonia Valdense, a small town in the south of the country. Here, a group of producers have already been meeting weekly for …

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 …

Slow Soup Drive: A Response to Covid-19

19 February 2021

Slow Soup Drive to tackle food waste, malnutrition and food security. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that there are many who do not have adequate access to wholesome food, especially families with low or no income. The truth is, however, that this need was there even before COVID-19 appeared. As a response, the Slow Soup Drive was born in April 2020, organized by Slow Food …

FAO International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: a warning to awaken our consciences

28 September 2020 Gioia Baggio

For the first time ever in its history, FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has set up an international day dedicated to the awareness of food loss and waste. It is celebrated all over the world on September 29 and aims to raise awareness among the global population on the impact …

SFYN Netherlands Saved 111,000 kg of Potatoes

3 July 2020 Lianne de Bie

Last Saturday the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) Netherlands proclaimed National Potato Mountain Day. At no less than 11 locations throughout the Netherlands, consumers could buy potatoes for a small fee, which would otherwise be used for a much lower value as animal feed or biogas. What a shame! With dozens of SFYN’ers, enthusiastic volunteers …