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Who Do We Eat? – the EU Animal Welfare Legislation Under Review

12 January 2023 Ottavia Pieretto

2023 is a crucial year for the improvement of animal welfare in Europe. As the European Commission is expected to present its new EU Animal Welfare Legislation in several months, Slow Food joined the organisation Compassion in World Farming for a screening and debate of the first episode of the ARTE documentary series “Who We …

Animal Welfare: The EU Parliament Must Go Beyond the Interests of Farm Lobbies

18 February 2022

On February 15th, the European Parliament voted in favour of a disappointing and unambitious report on the welfare of animals on the farm, in total contradiction with its previous commitments to the defense of higher standards. On February 15th, the European Parliament voted in favour of a disappointing and unambitious report submitted by its Committee …

“Cultivated Meat is no Silver Bullet” by Carlo Petrini

9 February 2022 Carlo Petrini

The new year has only just begun but the food trends that are likely to be most talked about in 2022 are already taking shape. One of them will be without doubt artificial meat, or in vitro meat, or cultivated meat (several names exist to describe it). It is the result of elaborated bioengineering techniques …

Live-Animal Transport in the EU Will Remain Inhumane

28 January 2022 Paola Nano

All hopes for an EU ban of long-distance live-animal transport and a reduction of intra-EU transport went down the drain last week. Despite the appalling conditions in which animals are currently transported, the EU Parliament voted a disappointing text, that still denies animals their right to be treated as sentient beings. A Disappointing Vote Last …

The EU Dedicates a Conference to the Future of Animal Welfare

10 December 2021 Yael Pantzer & Alice Poiron

The ball is slowly starting to roll in the world of EU animal welfare legislation! On December 9, the EU Commission gathered stakeholders from various backgrounds for a one-day conference on the future of animal welfare in Europe, where Jacopo Goracci, coordinator of Slow Food Razza Maremmana Presidium in Tuscany, Italy, bring the voice of small-scale agroecological …

Animal Welfare’s Most Complex Issues: From Extensive Farming to Stunning

12 November 2021 JACOPO GORACCI

The industrial approach has transformed livestock farming into “zootechnics”—the science and technology of exploiting animal production—and farmers into “agricultural entrepreneurs.” The industrial principles of economies of scale and pervasive mechanization have greatly impacted the living conditions of farmed animals, animals that we know to be sentient beings, able to feel emotions, suffering and stress and …

What is Animal Welfare: the themes of “Ppillow” project featured at Cheese 2021

4 October 2021

Every year the welfare of millions of animals raised for their meat, milk and eggs is seriously compromised. For years, Slow Food has stressed the need to introduce measures that take animal welfare into account, supporting farmers who choose to improve their standards beyond what is required by national laws. An issue dear to the …

Slow Food Heroes: a 4.0 shepherd helps Covid care units

16 September 2021

Slow Food Heroes is a project financed by European Cultural Foundation, with the contribution of CRC Foundation. This week we’ll tell you the story of Leonardo Angelucci, who donated the entire proceeds from the Easter farm product sale to a Covid hospital.

The White Modenese Cow: Milk from the Hills

19 August 2021

Bazzano is a village in Valsamoggia, on the apennine side of the valley formed by the Samoggia stream that runs down through the hills towards Bologna and the border with the province of Modena. This is where we find La Zaira, a wine bar with a kitchen run by Belinda Cuniberti together with her husband …

Emilia Romagna on the Path Towards Cage-Free Farms

20 May 2021

The Commission for Economic Policies of the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Italy) has approved a resolution committing the Regional Council to support a transition towards cage-free animal farms that respect animal welfare. Slow Food welcomes this initiative and sees it as “an excellent start. But now is the time for a concrete framework of action: …