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Asia and Pacific Regions Online Cooking Workshops

4 March 2022

A live series of cooking and knowledge-sharing workshops for Slow Food Indigenous Peoples Networks in Asia and Pacific Regions This activity is organized by the Slow Food Indigenous Peoples’ Network from Asia and Pacific Regions (APR). The Asia and Pacific Regions Online Cooking Workshops is a new initiative devised by and for Slow Food indigenous peoples’ friends and members in APR. The concept came up …

The story of an indigenous woman protecting an ingredient from Bolivia

21 February 2022

In the Ark of Taste exists a product called Ajara, which carries potent benefits and is very nutritious. It is an underutilized crop that grows wild in Bolivia, that also represents the identity and heritage of the indigenous people in the region. An ingredient worth protecting that now has its own defender making sure it’s …

Indigenous Terra Madre forum in Hualien, Taiwan

3 February 2022

In December 2019, Hualien County held the first Indigenous Terra Madre and the International Forum. Many Slow Food communities shared their experiences and discussed the future development of Slow Food and the Indigenous Communities. Two years later, in December 2021, the second Indigenous Terra Madre in Hualien invited local and foreign Slow Food Communities to …

Niyat, change with a woman’s face

12 November 2021 By Claudio Jorge Leveratto and Victor Hugo Groppa

One of the project producers smiles as she uses an old watering can to water the first pumpkin and corn plants that are sprouting. She started the cornfield a few weeks ago and, together with her family, is reinforcing the fence to keep out the goats that had entered the milpa field on previous occasions. …

To Stay or Leave? In Ecuador, the Answer Comes from Food

12 November 2021

More than ever before, migratory trends are seeing thousands of people leaving their homelands, all across the world. It’s happening in the region known as Austro, in the south of Ecuador. When we talked to people living there, they told us bluntly that they are facing the greatest migratory crisis in history. Those who are …

Slow Food Community Qorr growers of Vetimboso founded at Lantarr Slow Food Festival in Vanua Lava, Vanuatu

25 October 2021

A group of ten people representing the Indigenous People of Vetimboso village, Torba Province, Vanua Lava, Vanuatu have made a commitment to protect their local foods and agricultural heritage by founding a Slow Food Community at the Lantarr Slow Food Festival. The Slow Food Community Qorr growers of Vetimboso, will focus on the yam or …

Opportunity : Virtual knowledge exchange for Indigenous Peoples in Asia and Pacific

20 July 2021 Dai Kitabayashi

This is an initiative for indigenous friends and members of Slow Food in Asia and Oceania. My name is Dai Kitabayashi, a youth of Loochoos (Ryukyus) peoples in Okinawa, Japan, I am also a member of the Advisory Board of Slow Food Indigenous Peoples’ network. Jointly with Slow Food Nippon and headquarters office, we would …

Good Food Camp in Africa

21 June 2021

Slow Food Youth Network Uganda successfully held their first camp intending to connect young people to the local food systems. To tackle the current and prospective food system problems, it is crucial to involve youth as they are the ones building the future society. However, for most youngsters in Uganda, the questions related to food …

SFYN Podcast: Resilience of Indigenous Communities

7 June 2021

The goal of this episode is to broaden our understanding of a regenerative food system within the context of an indigenous community, and to shed light on the age-old agricultural practices that keep our communities strong. We learn about the multi-faceted challenges indigenous communities face, in the past, present, and future, and the solutions and …

Agroecology as key for the future: building local economies in East Africa

25 May 2021

The positive impact of agroecological practices and their environmental, socio-cultural, health and economic benefits is highlighted in three interesting case studies from the “Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology” project, funded by the Agroecology Fund and launched by Slow Food in collaboration with its local networks in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic …