Samh of Al-Jouf is the first Slow Food Presidium in Saudi Arabia. It protects Al-Samh, a wild desert seed gathered in the Al-Jouf region and processed into a protein-rich flour. This is a product tied ...

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is organized by Slow Food, the City of Turin and the Piedmont Region. Join us in Parco Dora, Turin, from Thursday, September 26 to Monday, September 30, 2024, and explore ...

As a symbol of hospitality and social connection, coffee holds a special position in Saudi Arabian culture. Traditional Saudi coffee, known as qahwa or gahwa, is a blend of lightly roasted Arabica ...

As has been discussed both here and elsewhere at length, there’s a hidden world of environmental destruction and human misery behind some of the most in vogue food products in the Global North, from ...

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Slow Food urges strong policy support for agroecology as Terra Madre Europe concludes ...

For this edition of Voices of Terra Madre, we are delighted to speak with Raj Patel, an award-winning author, filmmaker, academic, and one of the world’s leading voices on food systems, justice, and ...

On the island of Tenerife, winemaking is intrinsically linked to guachinches. These are establishments which first emerged in northern Tenerife as spaces where local winegrowers sold their home-grown ...

Born in 1949 in the town of Bra, in Piedmont, Carlo Petrini was a gastronome, journalist, writer, and a tireless advocate for a food system that is sustainable and just. On July 26, 1986, Arcigola was ...

When you travel to the Philippines in the wet season, you have to be prepared for the possibility that your plans may be scuppered. We were lucky – each torrential downpour that punctuated our day ...

In Europe, pesticides like paraquat, cyanamide, and acetochlor are banned — deemed too dangerous for human health or the environment. Yet each year, EU-based companies continue to manufacture and ...

As the European Commission is gearing up for the release of its legislative proposal on a “Sustainable Food Systems Law” (expected next September), Slow Food released a new position paper to share its ...