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 ...

The winds of war are blowing more violently and more widely across the planet. The battle for resources draws the lines of world geopolitics, revealing the hypocrisy of so many ideologically vague ...

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 ...

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

European double standards on food production and safety are a sustainability trap for Global South farmers— lax rules for imports but stringent ones at home – locked in unfair trade. While Europe is ...

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 ...

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 ...

At first glance, the global food trade system might seem like a win-win: food flows efficiently across borders, giving us variety on our plates and connecting farmers to wider markets. But dig a ...

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 ...

Coffee production in Malawi has a long history, dating back to the late 19th century, when it was introduced by missionaries. From that moment on, for almost 200 years, coffee production spread across ...

Great interest at today’s conference “Feeding the Future: alternative solutions for sustainable poultry farming” held in the framework of Terra Madre 2024 to present and discuss preliminary results of ...

One of the biggest issues facing hospitality professionals is the lack of work/life balance. The lack of future planning, and last-minute changes to schedule and working hours can make it impossible ...