Slow Food cucereste si mai mult lumea. Zilele acestea, in Coreea de Sud.
The first edition of the Slow Food Asia Pacific Festival was held in 2013 and involved 44 countries, 164 international delegates and 530,000 visitors. The main theme of the 2013 edition was “Changing the World Through Taste.”
A large delegation from Slow Food International, led by the movement’s founder and president Carlo Petrini and including over 180 Slow Food producers, exhibitors and conference speakers, will attend the event. They will be arriving from 41 different countries around the world: from six countries in Europe, 31 in Asia, three in Oceania and the United States.
Slow Food Great China and Slow Food Japan will also be participating in the event. Slow Food Japan
will be running a stand hosted by Sapporo City of Hokkaido. The event
will be attended by Chef Namae, who will talk about how a chef can
support the sustainable fishing movement, Chef Tsukada, who will present
his indigenous Ainu-influenced fusion food from Hokkaido, and
traditional fish sauce producer Mr. Moroi.
Other
producers from the Slow Food network, from France, Indonesia, the
Philippines and Sri Lank, among others, will also be exhibiting. The
event will be also attended by delegates from Australia, Georgia,
Germany, India, Iran, Jordan, Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and Turkey.
The 2015 Slow Food Asia Pacific Festival’s rich program includes international conferences, Taste Workshops,
networking seminars, an Ark of Taste exhibition, several participatory
activities and educational experiences (including some designed
specifically for children) and a short course from the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
The 2015 Slow Food Asia Pacific Festival gratefully
acknowledges funding support from the Korean Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs; the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade
Corporation; the Korea Rural Community Corporation; the Korean Food
Foundation; the Gyeonggi 4-H Federation; the Korea Association of Eco
Certification Agencies; the Eco Livestock Association; the Korea
Environmentally Friendly Fisheries Association; the Agri-Natural
Circulation & Organic Foundation Pulmuone and the Real Farm
Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock News.
For further information, please contact the Slow Food International Press Office:
Slow
Food involves over a million people dedicated to and passionate about
good, clean and fair food. This includes chefs, youth, activists,
farmers, fishers, experts and academics in over 158 countries; a network
of around 100,000 Slow Food members linked to 1,500 local chapters
(known as convivia) worldwide, who contribute through their membership
fee, and by organizing events and campaigns; and over 2,500 Terra Madre
food communities who sustainably produce quality food on a small scale
around the world.
