14 May 2015: Slow Food International Press Review @SlowFoodHQ

 

Slow Food International Press Review

Dear Slow Foodies,

Here is our weekly selection of articles:

Two great interviews with Carlo Petrini about Expo 2015:
Belgium, Lesoir.be: http://bit.ly/1FMQsyq
Attached please also find Petrini’s interview for the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur.

A video of Roberto Burdese’s interview from the Slow Food Pavillon at Expo 2015:
USA, CNBC: http://cnb.cx/1JtpCur  

Also the Easyjet Airlines Traveller Magazine has dedicated an issue on Expo 2015 with an interview with Serena Milano. Here the online version  http://bit.ly/1Jo8AxL  .

The BBC Food Programme  continues to explore products from the Ark of Taste during a weekly slot on BBC Radio 4. The last clip featured West Borneo Forest Honey, a forest honey produced by a species of Apis dorsata in Indonesia. Here the link to hear the episode on streaming: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02q2pp8

An article talking about the Food Connections festival in Bristol and the collaboration between the BBC and the Slow Food Ark of Taste project.
United Kingdom, Metro: http://bit.ly/1Q1QK7y

How can we feed the planet in the future? The message that Slow Food wants to bring at Expo 2015:
France, Actualités News Environnement: http://bit.ly/1GMi7M8
United States, Madeinitalymall Blog: http://bit.ly/1EUoFeB
Mexico, Grupo Milenio: http://bit.ly/1EdfEst
Austria, Blogs - Nachrichten.at: http://bit.ly/1chEWjm
United States, Forbes.com: http://onforb.es/1KJxWqF

Several articles focus on Slow Food’s criticism about the participation of major multinational corporations such as McDonald’s or Coca-Cola:
Taiwan, 百彥餐旅部落格: http://bit.ly/1DQroRg
France, Le Huffington Post: http://huff.to/1zK7WL1
Venezuela, Aporrea.org: http://bit.ly/1FMWUFQ
Germany, Tagesschau.de: http://bit.ly/1F3RrLW
United Arab Emirates, Gulf News: http://bit.ly/1zrhz0O
Germany, Deutsche Welle: http://bit.ly/1EO0rlb
Slovenia, Delo.si: http://bit.ly/1GY17rw
United States, Travel - msn: http://bit.ly/1EWMxON

Slow Food is one of the organizers of the Expo dei Popoli , the international forum which will be held from June 2 to 6, 2015. 200 international delegates, including members of Terra Madre food communities, will gather in Milan to draft a Milan 2015 People’s Expo Charter.
Slovakia, Buongiorno Slovacchia: http://bit.ly/1GKrXn6  

An article about the Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) in France:
France, blog.laruchequiditoui.fr: http://bit.ly/1GYE5hA  

The “Milano Sake Week” will be held in July in order to communicate to the world the diversity of Japanese food culture. The sake stylist Makiko Tejima talks about her interview with Carlo Petrini  and her participation to Salone del Gusto and Cheese festival: 
Japan, The Japan Times: http://bit.ly/1OXasEp

Representatives of 40 villages from various parts of the state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, gathered together the last Saturday to prepare Indigenous Terra Madre. The event will be held in November 2015 in Meghalaya.
India, The Shillong Times: http://bit.ly/1H5XQ9J

Other two good articles about Slow Food:
Saudi Arabia, دار الأخبار: http://bit.ly/1ENOH1W
United States, PopularResistance.Org: http://bit.ly/1E4GRyw
Five Movements Igniting Change For The Earth.

Good to know:

UK, The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1R8BA1K
UN calls for suspension of TTIP talks over fears of human rights abuses.

An article about the potential of wasted food brought up by chef Roy Choi in his new chain called Loco’l:
USA, The New Yorker: http://nyr.kr/1zIOttO

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