luni, 27 iulie 2015

Slow Food International Press Review - July, 17 - 23

What did it happen in the field of slow, very slow food in the last weeks?

Slow Food International Press Review

Dear Slow Foodies,
Here is our weekly selection of articles:

Several articles feature Carlo Petrini's visit to Brazil:
On Saturday, July 18 he attended the launch of the second "Festival Binacional de Enogastronomia" in Santana do Livramento Rivera, on the border between Brazil and Uruguay:
Brazil, Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz: http://bit.ly/1Ojt3Wo
Brazil, Página Rural: http://bit.ly/1IanWDj
He attended the first edition of Mesa ao Vivo RS in Porto Alegre on Wednesday, July 22:
Brazil, Abrasel: http://bit.ly/1Ki2CTk
Brazil, Jornal do Comércio: http://bit.ly/1OnT4Uy
Brazil, BrandPress: http://bit.ly/1eiH1eY
Brazil, JorNow: http://bit.ly/1gPI9ss
Brazil, Maxpress Net: http://bit.ly/1Ig1j0t
He signed a technical cooperation agreement on Thursday, July 23 with the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) to promote and support the production and consumption of food from family farms and rural settlements in the country:
Brazil, Portal do Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário: http://bit.ly/1Oz6pKD
Brazil, Centro de Inteligência do Feijão: http://bit.ly/1CWVGYP


Cheese, the biennial event dedicated to the world of artisanal dairy, is taking place in Bra from September 18 to 21. This year the event focuses on products from the fragile ecosystems of the mountains:
UK, Wendy Barrie: http://bit.ly/1Vkb3AD
Romania, Pe Scurt: http://bit.ly/1SruLGl

Several articles about the Aegean Slow Food Festival, which takes place on Patmos Island (Greece) from July 25 to 26. The event will gather international members of Slow Food Greece and Slow Food Turkey, as well as Vangelis Apostolou, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Food for Greece, and Josef Zisyadis, Vice President of Slow Food Switzerland: 

Turkey, Hurriyet: http://bit.ly/1HEzjGt
Greece, Palo: http://bit.ly/1gPKZxD
Turkey, Songundem : http://bit.ly/1Iky3tS
Turkey, Milliyet Haber: http://bit.ly/1Oo9cWi
Turkey, Doğan Haber Ajansı: http://bit.ly/1IfLqXL
Turkey, Salihligazetesi: http://bit.ly/1JgSUPB

Some articles feature the Slow Food Pavilion at Expo 2015:
Germany, Art Das Kunstmagazin: http://bit.ly/1RJoNG1
Germany, Perspektive Mittelstand: http://bit.ly/1Kcrb3K
Austria, Live-PR: http://bit.ly/1DkF8oA

Other articles talk about Slow Food at Expo 2015:
China, Wtoutiao: http://bit.ly/1CS1Ppk
Germany, Deutschlandfunk: http://bit.ly/1Kk2zX6

The BBC Food Program continues to explore products from the Ark of Taste in a weekly slot on BBC Radio 4. The last segment featured the Beaver Dam Peppers, a Hungarian heirloom pepper that was brought to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1929 by Joe Hussli. Here is the link to a live stream of the episode:

An article about the Academic Tables project, launched in 2013, which characterizes the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo (Italy) as a meeting place for the world’s most prestigious cooks and chefs:
Germany, Hamburger Abendblatt: http://bit.ly/1MCJs7O

The Archdiocese of Milan (Italy), is inviting families to host young farmers who will come from different parts of the world to attend the conference "We Feed the Planet” from Saturday, October 3 to Tuesday, October 6:
Portugal, Fátima Missionária: http://bit.ly/1fXBc8z

Two articles feature Carlo Petrini's book "Slow Food Nation: Why our Food should be Good, Clean, and Fair":
China, Gz Daily: http://bit.ly/1HKJQxZ
Hong Kong, 財經- 新浪網: http://bit.ly/1I6laz5

A great article with Piero Sardo (President of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity) who visited Iceland two weeks ago with Elisa Demichelis (Slow Food Coordinator for the area):
Iceland, Gestgjafinn: see file attached

Following the example of France, Slow Food Pro-Vita (Brazil) together with Provopar Paraná have set the goal to avoid wasting 20 tons of food a day and to forward it to institutions that help feed the poor:
Brazil, Gazeta de Povo: http://bit.ly/1fhAcLw

We would like to welcome Slow Food Sauerland’s (Germany) new arrivals: Oliver Jungermann, Dietmar Dangel, Knut Oeckel, and Stefan Volpert!
Germany, Der Westen: http://bit.ly/1GqhXJv


An interview with Yukako Saito, President of GEN (Genuine Education Network), who gave a lecture about Japanese food culture in collaboration with the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo (Italy) on July 11, the official Japanese Day at Expo 2015, at the Japanese Pavilion:
Japan, Get News: http://bit.ly/1fQ4RAi
Japan, Huffington Post: http://huff.to/1gRKMdi

Slow Food Network:
On July 13, Slow Food launched the petition "Say NO to powdered Milk in Cheese" via Change.org: Thank you for all your support! If you haven't yet signed the petition, you can find it here: http://chn.ge/1M1uRVA

An article about the event "Savoirs et Saveurs de Montagne", which took place in Gap (France) on June 27 and was organized by Slow Food Colporteur:
Slow Food France - http://bit.ly/1MkjpoY

Slow Food Deutschland is promoting a fundraising campaign through the online platform "Better Place" in order to support the event "We Feed the Planet", which will be held in Milan from Saturday, October 3 to Tuesday, October 6:
Slow Food Deutschland - http://bit.ly/1LF7AIu

Slow Food.com:
We Can’t Have Cheese Without Milk
Seeds according to Slow Food

Slow Europe:
GMOs on the Menu

Slow Cheese:
Goodbye Sheep!

Slow Wine:
Summer Wine Drinking: 3 grave errors to avoid

Slow Food at Expo 2015:
Slow Food Great China at Expo
Heroes of the Future: Bledar and the Albanian Gastronomic Renaissance
The Real Garden of Wonders
Winners of the Europeana Competition Take to the Stage of the Slow Food Theater
And the Winner Is…
Around Expo with Slow Food… Pavilion Zero

Good to know:
French farmers are currently protesting against prices imposed on their products, which they view as too low. The protest involves more than 200.000 people:
France, Le Monde: http://bit.ly/1SE9HN3

UK, The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1f3SRKz
Why is Spar intent on boosting Norway's cruel and dying whaling industry?

UK, The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1JsBYBd
The oceans are warming faster than climate models predicted

USA, The Wall Street Journal: http://on.wsj.com/1HuYpcb
Making Biodynamic Wine in Bordeaux

USA, The New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1MK3yNF
What Oysters Reveal About Sea Change

UK, The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1Mo9mzs
Indigenous children in fake suicide vests show fast-food threat – in pictures

The Slow Food International Press Office Team
Paola Nano, Ester Clementino and Giulia Capaldi


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