27 February: Slow Food International Press Review @SlowFoodHQ

Slow Food International Press Review

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

Another article quoting Carlo Petrini’s speech held at IFAD’s Indigenous Peoples’ Forum:
Venezuela, Mundo Agropecuario: http://bit.ly/1Gxy6zm
Spain, Rebelion: http://bit.ly/1ap41HO

Scotland, Scotland Food and Drink: http://bit.ly/1ai03AT
Slow Food Scotland Welcomes Carlo Petrini.

Two articles are announcing the Indigenous Terra Madre meeting, to be held in India in November:
India, The Telegraph: http://bit.ly/17WwItW
India, Business Standard: http://bit.ly/1wnjD8U

Several articles were published on products that are at risk of extinction and, in this context, about the Ark of Taste:
Argentina, Diario de Mendoza Online: http://bit.ly/1wbPvrd
Brazil, Revista Galileu: http://glo.bo/1MQAXYz
Brazil, Revista Viva Saude: http://bit.ly/1MQDh1I
Croatia, HRT Radio: http://bit.ly/1Du2Q3j

Bulgaria, Menumag: http://bit.ly/1DZ0Z9t
The article talks about the launch of the first Slow Food Presidium in Albania: The Përmet Gliko Presidium. Gliko is an important element of the local cuisine in Përmet and is made from many different fruits and vegetables, all grown locally by many of the valley’s small-scale farmers.

United States, Food Tank: http://bit.ly/1BbrtCD
An update on Slow Food USA’s Slow Meat event and campaign.

Italy, Design Boom: http://bit.ly/1E9uIvc
An article about Herzog & de Meuron’s Slow Food pavilion at Expo 2015 and the motivations that ultimately led the architects to agree to designing the Slow Food area.

Australia, The Conversation: http://bit.ly/1BsMHxG
Angst over berries makes case for ‘good, clean, fair’ food: Another food scandal has hit the news and this time it is about frozen berries imported from China
Mexico, Soy Chef: Attached please also find an article contributed by Slow Food International Councilor for Mexico and Central America, Alfonso S. Rocha, as part of a media collaboration with Soy Chef magazine.
 

Good to know

United Kingdom, The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1Ge6z62
Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat.

Eco Watch: http://bit.ly/1zzDNIh
6 Mobile Apps for Sustainable and Ethical Food Shopping.

The Slow Food International Press Office Team
Paola Nano, Sharon Aknin Sheets, and Ester Clementino