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Slow Food Presidia Coffees at Slow Food Nation

Coffee producers, roasters and consumers meet in San Francisco...

Presidium cheeses take honors at the 2008 American Cheese Society Competition

Meadow Creek Dairy’s Grayson, a wash-rind raw cow’s milk cheese, took second place for Best of Show out of 1,149 entries from 181 producers at the 2008 American Cheese...

Aratu and Serra Catarina Araucaria nut: two new Presidia in Brazil

With the creation of the Presidia for Aratu and Serra Catarina Araucaria nut to join the existing Presidia for Juçara palm hearts, Barù nuts, Sateré-Mawé Waraná and Ca...

Noahs of the world meet in Scandicci

On July 5-6 Scandicci (Florence) will host the meeting of the representatives of the International Ark of Taste Commission....

Learning about...markets

On June 13-15, a delegation of Latvian producers, composed of representatives from Slow Food Riga and local authorities, came to Montevarchi to learn about the Mercata...

Coffee Presidia at the SCAE in Copenhagen

From June 19 to 22 the Huehuetenango Highlands Coffee Presidium and the Sierra Cafetalera Coffee Presidium will participate in SCAE Wonderful Coffee, the most importan...

Discussing local economies and Mediterranean products in Cyprus

A two day seminar in Limassol (Cyprus) to discuss key products for the Mediterranean economy...

Latest news from Lebanon

After two years of relative tranquility, the situation in Lebanon is once again very volatile, with fighting in the streets, first in Beirut, then in Tripoli and other...

Sierra Cafetalera and Huehuetenango Coffee Around the World

In May 2008, coffee produced by Slow Food Central American Presidia feature in two important coffee events held in Minneapolis and Trieste. ...

Second Lebanese Earth Market created

On Sunday April 6, the second Lebanese Earth Market was inaugurated in Saida, in the south of the country....

Voices from Africa: Terra Madre Ethiopia

Two years after a meeting bringing together the Ethiopian food communities and future Presidia in Addis Abeba (in preparation for Terra Madre 2006), Carlo Petrini came...

Meeting Convivia and Terra Madre Communities in Senegal

From February 18 to 23 a Slow Food delegation comprising Piero Sardo, Simone Beccaria, in charge of projects in French-speaking Africa and Velia Lucidi, responsible fo...

Carlo Petrini meets the African Union

Carlo Petrini visited Ethiopia March 3 to 7, where he met the President of the Ethiopian Republic, two ministers, representatives of various institutions, and also the...

The Gold of Arganeraie

The Gold of Arganeraie, 33 Moroccan recipes based on argan oil is the title of the recipe book the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has produced thanks to the pro...

News of the argan oil Presidium

On February 10 a special tasting session for Presidium argan oil was held in Agadir, Morocco. The more than forty participants, gathered to discuss tasting methods and...

Romania – Where small producers risk disappearing

The requirement for small producers to comply with European regulations, an essential step if they want to legally produce and sell in Romania and the wider European m...

A Network of Small Producers of Quality Coffee in Central America

From December 6 to 9, 2007 the first Taller de Caficultores coffee growers’ seminar was held in Guatemala City as part of the program Café y Caffe` - Mejoramiento y di...

Slow Food Presidia in Peru

Andean peoples have a rich history, culture and traditions. The main objective of the Peruvian Presidia is to give producers autonomy in making quality transformed pro...

The first Lebanese Earth Market

December 6, 2007 is a historic date for the Earth Markets project. It marks the day when the first of the Lebanese farmers’ markets organized by Slow Food was opened i...

The New Presidium for Fire Roasted Mesquite of the Seri

The new Presidium for Fire Roasted Mesquite of the Seri will be officially presented at the forthcoming Fifth International Slow Food Congress in Puebla (Mexico)....

Birth of the Bulgarian national Ark commission

Bulgaria has joined the Ark of Taste with the birth of the Bulgarian national Ark commission...

Discovering the German products of the Ark of Taste

On September 23, in Beuren, the convivium of Stuttgart organized a 2-day event dedicated to the German Ark of Taste. ...

Book Presentation and Signing at Cheese: The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, by Jeffrey Roberts

On Friday, September 21 at noon in the Chiesa San Rocco in Bra, The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity will present Jeffrey Roberts’ new book, The Atlas of American...

Biodiversity Corner at Cheese

The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity's appointments during Cheese...

Slow Food Farmers’ Market in Saschiz, Romania

Tarnava Mare (Sighisoara) convivium was the first Slow Food convivium set up in Romania and members held a Slow Food farmers’ market at their local festival on August ...

The Japanese Ark of Taste continues to grow

The Japanese Ark of Taste, in its continuous search for products to save, accepts five new passengers....

From Chile to Europe for fishing lessons

The Terra Madre network is driven by a strong spirit of collaboration and added to the experience with Presidium projects...

A new product joins the Canadian Ark of Taste

A new Canadian product joins the Ark of Taste: the Gravenstein apple from Nova Scotia. ...

Presidia as examples of sustainable regional development

The collaboration between the ILO (International Labor Organization – the United Nations agency for promoting work rights) and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversit...

The Spanish Ark of Taste continues to surprise

New Spanish members of the Ark of Taste: 16 products have been selected by the Spanish Commission, coordinated by the leader of the San Sebastian Convivium, Germàn Arr...

The project to protect the Giant Istrian Ox moves ahead

Paolo Bolzacchini, coordinator for Presidia in the Balkan area, Piero Sardo, President of the Slow Food Foundation and Sergio Capaldo, Presidia consultant for animal b...

Traditional vegetables and Solidarity with small Slow Food Presidia producers in Africa and South America

Cuneo beans, Carmagnola ox-horn peppers and Cambiano flat tomatoes—the spotlight is on the vegetable biodiversity of Lower Piedmont and the Cuneo valleys in a new Slow...

Slow Food at the European Film Festival in Bucharest

Gastronomy as cultural identity: that was the theme of the European Film Festival held in Bucharest last week....

Two icelandic producers visit Coazze Cevrin Presidium

Johanna B. Thorvaldsdóttir and Sigridur Johannesdottir, representatives of a food community that participated in Terra Madre 2006, recently traveled to Bra to meet wit...

The Bison of the Great Plains joins the International Ark

Thanks to the work of the Canadian Ark Commission, coordinated by Mara Jernigan, the bison of the Great Plains has joined the international Ark of Taste...

Three new passengers jump on the Japanese Ark of Taste

Three new products are coming on board the Ark of Taste from Japan: dried persimmon, Zazamushi (river larvae) and Kiso red turnips....

The First German Presidium, a Surprising Pear Spumante

The Champagner Bratbirne Schaumwein is a pear spumante made using the champenoise method...

Argan Oil Presidium Growing Argan Oil Presidium Growing

The importance of setting up a Presidium for argan oil was confirmed during a visit to producers in the cooperative (part of the G.I.E. — Group of Economic Interest — ...

From Spain, a lot of new products for the International Ark

The Spanish Ark Commission, coordinated by the San Sebastian Convivium leader, Germán Arrien, keeps on working to save excellent products. These are the last selected ...

From the slopes of the Wonchi volcano to the Tigrai highlands: two new Presidia in Ethiopia

From January 12 to 24 2007, Paolo Bolzacchini, head of Presidia in English-speaking Africa, visited Ethiopia to see two projects that will soon become Presidia: the co...

The dream of the Huehuetenango coffee growers featured in the pages of Le Monde

‘A dream that is being achieved’ … that’s how the Huehuetenango Highland Coffee Presidium is being described in the pages of Le Monde...

New Passenger on Dutch Ark of Taste

The Kempen Heath Sheep, a rustic Dutch breed with a soft white coat, sloping eyes and a gentle expression, recently boarded the Dutch Ark of Taste....

Slow Food Presidia at the Antigua Fair Trade Forum-Fair

The third San Lucas Sacatepequez Fair Trade Forum-Fair, organized by the Network of Associations for United Exchange RAIS, was held in Antigua, Guatemala December 7-10...

From the Banc d’Arguin Coast to the Orbetello Lagoon

New developments for the Imraguen Women’s Bottarga Presidium ...

Three new products jump on the japanese Ark

The Ark of Taste has already picked nine Japanese products. From the country of the Rising Sun arrives three more – nare-zushi and shottsuru, which preparations are b...

Presidia and food communities at Salone Braziliano

In the days of November 29 – 30 and December 1, in Brazil, the first Salone of Rural Territories was held, an event that involved 180 territories with more than 800 de...

VI National Andean Agricultural Biodiversity Festival

Peru hosted the VI National Agricultural Biodiversity Festival in Pucallpa, September 2-6...

Technical Mission in Guatemala

Andrea Ferrandi, coordinator of Central American presidia, Foundation President Piero Sardo and PausaCafè coordinator Marco Ferrero visited Guatemala May 6-17 to check...

Slow Food effort in rebuilding the local food system in the Gulf Region affected by Katrina

Following the natural disaster that has shocked the United States Slow Food has actively intervened to sustain the Gulf area in ways coherent with its philosophy and i...

The Japanese Ark Sets Sail

Friday, December 2, 2005, at 5 p.m., a press conference will be held in the Maruouchi Building in Tokyo to present the first Japanese products to board the internation...

The Taste of Design - Alessi becomes a supporter of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity

For 80 years at its Crusinallo plant - a true Italian design factory - Alessi has produced housewares, kitchen accessories and appliances and ceramics designed by the ...

European Conference on Local and Regional Food - Sweden, Gothenburg

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is organizing the first European Conference on Local and Regional Food, held September 27-28, 2005...

From Farigliano to Mount Ararat - Beppino Occelli adopts an ancient Armenian cheese

The valleys of imposing Mount Ararat (5,165 m in altitude), where, according to the Bible, Noah’s Ark landed, seem a natural site for a Slow Food Presidium...

The Australian Ark of Taste sets off

The Australian Ark of Taste Commission – presided over by Barbara Santich, Gastronomy Chair, University of Adelaide, and made up of William Studd, Glenn Wightman, Marg...

The Sheepdrove Trust sustains the Hungarian Mangalica Sausage Presidium

The Sheepdrove Trust has become a Project Benefactor of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, supporting the Hungarian Mangalica Sausage Presidium through a gener...

Noahs of the World

The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has scheduled a meeting for members of the International Ark Commission and some of the International Presidia coordinators f...

The German Ark of Taste begins sailing

The new German Ark of Taste Commission is led by President Dinah Epperlein, Göttingen Slow Food Convivium Leader, and has selected its first four products....

From the Vineyards of the Roero to the Tatra Mountains

A group of Roero vine growers will visit the Polish shepherds of the Tatra Mountains on Friday the 1st and Saturday the 2nd of July. The reason for this visit is a mee...

Fish Presidia at the Stockfish Festival in Bergen, Norway

Four Italian and International Presidia will be present at the Tørrfiskfestivalen, the stockfish festival held in Bergen in western Norway, June 10-12, 2005....

The Launch of the Museo del Agua, headquarters of the Mexican Presidia

On March 17, 2005, in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley in Puebla, Mexico, Raul Garciadiego (coordinator of the Amaranth Presidium) officiated at the inauguration of the <...

Producers of the Mangalica Sausage Presidia meet with those of the Cinta Senese and Prosciutto del Casentino Presidia

From December 7-13 the pig farmers and sausage makers of the Mangalica Sausage Presidia, Olga Rendek, Lazslo Rendek, Zsuzsa Molnar and Iren Pal Gaborne, will be visiti...

Exchange of Experiences Between the Blue Egg Chicken Presidium and the Valdarn Chicken Presidium

From October 26 through 29, two representatives from the Blue Egg Chicken Presidium of Chile travelled to Tuscany to meet the producers of the Valdarno Chicken Presidi...

Chouriço de Mirandesa Presidium Created

Slow Food’s first Portuguese Presidium has come into being! Note before time in view of Portugal’s wealth of ancient, local breeds and products, some relatively unknow...

The Oscypek Presidium meets Roero wines in Varsavia

This “strange couple”, Roero wines and Oscypek, cheese from the Tatra mountains of Poland, has won over Varsavia.
A fort dating from the eighteenth century provid...

Visitors to the Seaside Presidi from Albania and Chile

From June 7-11 representatives of the Presidium of Seafood from Robinson Crusoe Island in Chile and also members of an Albanian fishing cooperative will visit the Orbe...

The first Swedish Presidium in Milan

Slow Food, in collaboration with Guido Berlucchi, has organized a series of dinners to present Presidium projects and support the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity...

Red Fife Wheat Presidium Bread Tour concludes

The Red Fife Wheat Presidium launched its Canadian Red Fife Artisan Bread Tour on February 16th, with a fundraising dinner and Red Fife wheat tasting at Vancouver’s Pa...

A group of Polish sheperds visits Italian Presidia

Oscypek Presidium delegates, shepherds from the Tatra mountains of Poland, recently visited the Alpago lamb Presidium in Veneto and the Zeri lamb and Pistoian Mountain...

Chilean movie and dinner

In honor of the International “Short Film in Bra” Festival (April 21-25, 2004) – this year featuring the new documentary category “Slow Food on Film Doc” – the Slow Fo...

The Zincarlin Producers of Switzerland will meet the Producers of the Robiola of Roccaverano

The first Swiss Presidium will meet one of the oldest Italian Presidia. This meeting was organized through the contacts developed during the creation of the Zincarlin...

The first Hungarian Presidium

The Mangalica pork sausage is the first Presidium created in Hungary. It is produced in Kinkusag region, in one of the most important parks of the Country. This is a p...

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	19/08/2008
	Slow Food Presidia Coffees at Slow Food Nation

	Coffee producers, roasters and consumers meet in San Francisco...

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	04/04/2008
	A network of small producers of quality coffee

	The project Cafè y Caffè financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs through the Overseas Agricultural Institute, in collaboration with the Slow Food Foundation for B...

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