Every month, Slow Food Saskatoon hosts a conversational salon at a local coffee shop. Last January, Marc Loiselle, an organic farmer, was the special guest of the monthly event. He led an interesting discussion on organic farming, Red Fife wheat and the concept of terroir. Marc’s century-old … [Read more...]
International Slow Food Youth Network meeting Pt.2
An extraordinary sense of organization The first thing I notice I have forgotten every time I get to Italy is how transportation is “different” from here. Trains are everywhere, in every direction, presumably all leading to Rome one day. Turin (Torino) is the host city of Terra Madre, a … [Read more...]
Slow Fish Canada rocked Slow Fish Month / Un succès pour le mois Slow Fish
By Dave Adler Started in the late ‘80s as a tongue-in-cheek protest to fast food (and fast living), Slow Food has grown into an international movement that celebrates and supports small-scale food systems. It believes, amongst others, the idea that both consumers and producers hold an active and … [Read more...]
Paolo Di Croce Visits the Hot and Spicy Food Festival
“Let’s start to wash our own tomatoes,” Paolo Di Croce implored his audience last Sunday at the Harbourfront’s Hot and Spicy Food Festival. The Executive Director of Slow Food International was speaking about an experience that he’d had at a market in Australia. He described two displays of … [Read more...]
Slow Food Toronto: Hot & Spicy Food Festival 2011
Slow Food is the HOT Idea Slow Food Toronto is grateful for Harbourfront's support in connecting our movement with the diverse cultural communities of Toronto, as part of the Hot & Spicy Food Festival. Paolo di Croce, Secretary-General of Slow Food International, will be the … [Read more...]
Slow Fish, Genoa, Italy
Slow Fish (INTERNATIONAL) Genoa, Italy Held in the Italian port city of Genoa, the biennial sustainable seafood exhibition organized by Slow Food was started in 2003 to bring together fishermen, processors, researchers, government agencies and consumers seeking ways to combat the depletion of … [Read more...]
Salone del Gusto October 21-25 2010
Salone del Gusto 2010 This eighth Salone del Gusto establishes the event’s international profile and confirms it as a key date in the calendar of everyone around the world who cares deeply about food. The Salone del Gusto and its parallel event, Terra Madre, have by now become two inseparable … [Read more...]