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 ...

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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 ...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest EU’s policies. After more than a decade of post-World War II food shortages and hunger, it was introduced in 1962 to increase agricultural ...

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

It was among the indigenous cultures of the mountains of Thailand, that the social enterprise idea was born. Hence Akha Ama Coffee, a coffee roastery and shop in Chiang Mai that only sells coffee from ...

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 ...

The cultivation and consumption of wine forms a vital part of the region’s history, the roots of which go back as far as the 13th century BCE. The wines grown in North Macedonia’s ancient wine ...

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 ...

From the perspective of the common good, the environment and public health, this EU’s first step towards greener and sustainable food systems in Europe is great news. Such conclusions did not fall on ...

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 ...