Slow Food, the podcast (Slow Food Youth Network)

How can cooks be of influence? What are practical tips for students to get their friends to take action? How can we generate change from a rural community? And finally, how can YOU get involved with your local food policy?

In today's episode we will learn how take action towards a sustainable food future in many ways. We’ll listen to different perspectives and get super practical tips. This podcast is part of a small series dedicated to the Planting the Future challenge, in which we take a deep dive into our food system and its challenges, get inspired to cook up plant-rich meals, learn about agroecology as a solution and get into action!

Host & Production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Joris Bijdendijk (Chef at RIJKS® and Wils, Amsterdam), Deeya Bhasin (law student and the Chinese University of Hong Kong), Luisa Véléz (Project manager and Slow Food activist in Ecuador) and Yael Pantzer (SF International). Post-production & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Welcome to a new episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. The special guest of today is Cornel Popa, who is a SFYN activist based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Cornel has Italian roots, has lived in England for some time and now he settled in Iceland. He is a creative chef and a writer. He is really involved in improving the local food system, by preserving local varieties of food, coming up with zero-waste recipes, doing cooking workshops for homeless people and much more. 

Link to Cornel’s book Food and Family: https://amzn.to/3vyuvAQ 

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Song “All is found” cover sung by Snæja with Ívar on the guitar.

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Giorgio Brizio is one of the leaders of Fridays For Future (FFF) in Turin. He is only 20 years old and has already published a book: "Non siamo tutti sulla stessa barca" (we are not all on the same boat). In the book he touches both personal experiences as a young FFF activist, as well as important topics such as the climate crises, migration, discrimination and much more. 

Find his book (in Italian) by Slow Food Editore: https://www.slowfoodeditore.it/it/assaggi/non-siamo-tutti-sulla-stessa-barca-9788884996855-941.html  If you are interested in the Climate Social Camp, you can read all information on the official website: https://www.climatesocialcamp.com/ Host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Guest: Giorgio Brizio Music: Leonardo Prieto Design: Pop-eye.studio

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Since the war in Ukraine broke out, the words “food security” and "food crisis" are on everyone’s lips. The conflict has had rippling effects on millions of people’s lives, with President Putin holding the specter of hunger over their head. Ukraine and Russia being such big producers and exporters of grain, elsewhere concerns are indeed mounting over potential food shortages. Meanwhile, the conflict has sent global food prices skyrocketing, which are hitting the poorest populations the hardest. To cope with this crisis, some in Europe have suggested to lower environmental standards in agriculture in favour of increasing food production. Others like Slow Food, warn that this is a mistake, because environmental protection is key to ensure sustainable food security in the long run. We hear many things about this food crisis, and this is a complex topic to grasp.

How does it impact Europe and the world? How can we feed the world without the Ukrainian crops? Do we really need to produce more food while other farming alternatives are just waiting to be scaled up? We take a step back and untangle these complex issues with our guests:

• Nick Jacobs, director of IPES Food (the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems)
• Nathalie Bolduc, researcher at IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations)
• David Peacock, Slow Food farmer in Germany

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @IPESFood and @IDDRI_English. And if you don’t yet follow SFYN on Instagram, time to catch up!

Host: Alice Poiron Production Production & editing: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto

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Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and CINEA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

Which books can inspire us to cook and to think? What are great reading suggestions for this summer?

This episode is the second part of the episode we published last Wednesday with a lot of reading suggestions for your summer holidays. Also today we are going to listen to reading tips from activists and leaders in the Slow food movement and again, I am going to add time-stamps below so that if you want, you can directly jump to the suggestion you are interested in. So enjoy this episode and enjoy reading!

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Marta Messa (Secretary General at Slow Food International), Benedetta Gori (Ethnobotanist), Bilal Sarwari (Interim director at Slow Food USA), Paola Nano (press and editorial manager at Slow Food International). Music: Leonardo Prieto

Books and time-stamps:

• "Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood (02:44)
• Kids book: “Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street” by Felicita Sala (05:08)
• “Eating to Extinction” by Dan Saladino (10:29)
• “Braiding sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer (13:46)
• “The Broken Earth Trilogy” by N. K. Jemisin (16:36)
• “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry” by Austin Frerick (25:31)

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In this episode we want to take you to the arid lands, in particular we will talk about some regenerative preservation practices carried out by our super cool guests in different parts of the world. From New Mexico to Egypt, from Australia to Colorado and Spain… We will find out a lot about soil and food preservation practices. Yes, we will talk about permaculture and… about fermentation! Bacteria in the soil and in food. Also this time we have a very special host who has carried out all the interviews and worked on the whole concept: I am talking about Sara El Sayed. Sara is a Ph.D. candidate in food system sustainability, focusing on regenerative food practices in arid regions, she is also a researcher in Biomimicry. She is co-founder of Nawaya and co-founder of Dayma. She is currently a board member for Slow Food Phoenix. 

Guests:

- Roxanne Swentzl, a Pueblo woman from Santa Clara, New Mexico who co-founded the Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute; - Menar Meebed is a grandmother and owner of Minnies Dried Fruit and Vegetables, in Cairo, Egypt; - Salah Hammad, a permaculture consultant, and educator who lives in Sydney, Australia - originally from Jordan; - Mara King is a fermentation chef and one of the co-founders of Ozuke. Originally from Hong Kong, she currently works at Fresh Times Eatery in Boulder, Colorado; - Elena Escaño is a young agroecological pig farmer in Andalucia, Spain. At her family’s farm, Finca Montefrio, they breed the local pig race Iberico.

Project manager & host: Valentina Gritti. Special host, first cutting & editing: Sara El Sayed. Supported by: Anna Elovitz, Jordan Sene, Katherine Blessington and Madison Harris. Composition, production & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes. Musicians:  Percussions: Philip Kukulies; Flamenco minor at Codarts; Makaam minor at Codarts; Ngoni: Agustín Fernandez.

This episode is realized in the occasion of the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2020: find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com    Did you like this episode? Support our work and have access to extra material by becoming one of our patrons on http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/  

Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and the EASME is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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What are indigenous peoples' traditional foods? And why are they so important? What does it mean that they are still being colonized and is it possible to decolonize these foods? what can we do in our daily lives to support indigenous peoples and if we belong to an indigenous people how can we support our community? Today I will have a conversation with Luis Francisco Prieto, Indigenous Peoples and Afrodescendant Focal Point at Slow Food International, with a special focus on the topic of food decolonisation.

Host and Production: Valentina Gritti Guest: Luis Francisco Prieto Audio Technical Support & Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Useful links: - Read more about the "Decolonize your food" campaign here: https://www.slowfood.com/our-network/indigenous/decolonize-your-food/  - Find out more about the Slow Food Indigenous Peoples Network here: https://www.slowfood.com/our-network/indigenous/about-us/  - Listen to voices of indigenous youth in our past podcast episodes, in the series "Voices from the roots": https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SH0X4tkVOlFqv1JUY8LCz  - Join SF the Podcast Telegram group: https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk 

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Why is on-farm production and direct selling so important? Get ready to hear directly from farmers across Europe as we share their top tips for developing short chain trade from farm to fork! We'll also explore the obstacles they've faced and the valuable lessons they've learned.

Guests: Raffaele Bomparola, Daniel Bravo Rodríguez (Valle y Vega), Hofgut Kapellenhof, Peter Van De Voort (Remeker), Marie-Odile Smet (Au Panier Vert) and Milan Hanč (Vraňany Hanč) Host & Production and post-production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto  This podcast is part of the project ON-FARM, with which we aim to teach local and regional farmers in European countries how to start their own on-farm production process, create added value products, and reach a wider customer audience. 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Eating sustainably in a big city sounds impossible, right? What if we told you it’s not — and that ancient floating farms might be the answer? 

In our latest episode, we grab coffee with food activist Raúl Mondragón to chat about: Chinampas: 1,000-year-old floating farms still feeding Mexico City; why local vendors sometimes skip local food for cheaper options across town; easy ways YOU can support sustainable food without leaving your neighborhood.

If you’ve ever wondered how to eat Slow in a fast-paced world — this episode is for you.  Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guest: Raúl Mondragón Segura (SFYN activist, researcher, entrepreneur and agroecology consultant in Mexico City). Featured song: "Poder Prieto" di Son de Aquí Links: Raúl profile: https://www.instagram.com/ruleish/  Colectivo Ahuejote: https://www.instagram.com/colectivoahuejotemx/ Project Cocina Colaboratorio: https://www.instagram.com/cocina_colaboratorio/ Mentioned food spots: Yema supermarket, Numu market, Mercado Alternativo Tlalpan, Cucina Matte, Raíces centro cultural.     Join our Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast  A project by Slow Food Youth Network

 

Get ready for a thrilling episode as we take you to Berlin for the Schnippeldisko, also known as the Disco Soup! Hosted by the Slow Food Youth Network, this event rescues food from going to waste and turns it into delicious soups and meals. Join me as we chat with special guests at the party, and learn how the food collected will be served the next day at the Wir Haben Es Satt demonstration (which took place on January 21st) - a call for a more sustainable agriculture. Together, we'll also discuss the impact of food policies on our local and global food systems, and how European policies affect the Global South.  Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests:

• Tyler Short, coordinator of the Youth constituency for La Via Campesina at The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism for relations with the United Nations Committee on World Food Security. He is also a farmer in Kentucky and board member of Family Farm Defenders;
• Edward Mukiibi, president of Slow Food International and executive director of Slow Food Uganda;
• Chengeto Sandra Muzira, young farmer and activist fighting for small farmer rights in Zimbabwe;
• Adèle Garret, agroecology master's student and activist for the Berlin Slow Food Youth Network.

Special thanks to the Slow Food Youth network in Berlin.

Save the date: April 29th is World Disco Soup Day! Keep an eye on the @slowfoodyouthnetwork social media to learn how to join.

 

Food and health are intimately connected. But while the impact of the overconsumption of ultra-processed food on our body is well known by all of us, other negative phenomena directly linked to the production of food are not. Although they endanger human health, but also that of the planet.

During Slow Food’s international event on sustainable food systems, Terra Madre, that took place last September in Turin, Alice Poiron interviewed three remarkable speakers to shed light on the complex relationship between food and health, and on which policy solutions exist to reconcile them, in a world where industrial, polluting farming is the norm, not the exception:

• Nikolai Pushkarev: Senior policy officer at European Public Health Alliance 
• Corinna Hawkes: Director of the Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London
• Nina Wolff: Director of Slow Food Germany and board member of Slow Food International

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @EPHA_EU, @agrifoodhealth, @WolffNina and @CorinnaHawkes. And if you don’t yet follow SFYN on Instagram, time to catch up!

Host: Alice Poiron Production, editing: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto

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How does fermentation prevent food from getting spoiled? Is fermentation always safe? What are some practical tips to start fermenting for the first time?

Since April 26th is World Disco Soup Day, our biggest campaign to reduce food waste all over the world, In today’s episode we want to deepen one of the methods that can help us save our food. I am talking about fermentation and today we have the pleasure to chat about it with some fermentation experts from the Slow Food movement. 

This podcast episode is aiming to slow your food habits down, build up your virtual bookshelf for the Planting the Future campaign, where we focus on rediscovering your connection with food and follow a journey that enriches your knowledge while shaping your values.

Ready for some practical tips on how to make your food alive? 

Guests: Nahuel Buracco (Pollenzo Food Lab UNISG coordinator), Sandor Katz (Fermentation revivalist) and Oliver Kienast (chef at Wild Mountain Dinners)  Host and Post-production: Valentina Gritti Co-host: Addison Austin-Lou  Music: Leonardo Prieto    More information on World Disco Soup Day: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16xUGb7W4NljulIVoMOdZy2ZIUTaYChxy?usp=drive_link  Join Planting the Future! https://ig.me/j/AbZhBdCs9GKVkN_i/?igsh=MTFwYnV4eDZ1NHZneg==  Tell us what you think in our Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast    A project by Slow Food Youth Network 

 

In the EU there are a whole host of pesticides that are banned for being too hazardous, either to human health or the environment or both. This means that they cannot be used here. But did you know that these are still produced on EU soil and then exported to other countries, and did you know that the food produced from those pesticides is than imported back into the EU and ends up on our plates? Let’s dive into this, join our final episode of the year with our guests:

• Mathilde Dupré, co-director of the Veblen Institute
• John Clarke, former director for international relations at the European Commission and former head of the EU Delegation to the World Trade Organization in Geneva
• Kara Mackay, campaigns coordinator for the NGO Women on Farms Project in South Africa

Host: Natasha Foote Post-production: Jonathan Rémy Music: Leonardo Pietro Durantes and Jonathan Rémy

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Do you want to start your own food blog? Do you need tips to improve your social media? How can you best relate to your audience? This is an episode with a lot of practical suggestions from the food blogger of @illtakeyouthere Laura Odorisio. Laura is also currently an intern in communication at the SFYN Global office. You can follow us on @slowfoodyouthnetwork. 

Host & editing: Valentina Gritti Guest: Laura Odorisio Music: Leonardo Prieto

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In the framework of the Slow Food event Terra Madre, today we are exploring another ecosystem: the water lands. We will particularly focus on the role and the rights of women in fishing in different territories. In this podcast episode you will be accompanied by Lapo Degli Innocenti. 

Lapo is a researcher on International Law and Sustainable Development. Through his dissertation – A Rhapsody in Blue: International Fisheries Law towards (Un)Sustainable Development? – he explored international law’s key role in the sustainable development of worldwide fisheries. He also wrote the Slow Fish Report for the 2019 Network's gathering in Genoa - Fishing for Alternatives: the Blue Commons. The policy paper collects the position of the Slow Fish Community for a different approach to fisheries than the mainstream "Blue Growth".

Special guests of this episode:

• Donatella Marino: she processes the Menaica anchovies of the Slow Food Presidium in Campania, Italy with a very ancient technique. She explains the story of the presidium, her personal experience and gives us some delicious recipes; Hilda Adams: she is the founder of a women collective of small scale fisherwomen in the West Coast in South Africa. She talks about her fight to establish fisherwomen rights and the rights of her community;
• Sandra Amézaga: she is the spokesperson of AKTEA, the first European network of fisherwomen's organizations in Europe. Aktea is acting at European and national level to gain recognition for the role of women in fisheries and aquaculture and to achieve gender equality in these sectors.

Podcast project manager & host: Valentina Gritti; Music, composition & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes; Music: "Agua" by Leonardo Prieto; "No te Vayas" by Son de Aquí; Grupo Berekete; Ensamble Batá CIEM. 

 

Terra Madre website: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/ The SFYN Patreon page: https://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/    Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and the EASME is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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Tuna is a big predator and consumes a wide variety of other fish, making it a vital component of the sea ecosystems. It’s also one of the most expensive fish on the planet. Yet tuna is also an affordable and widely-available source of protein around the world, and herein lies the problem. 

Can fishing Tuna ever be sustainable? Which guidelines can we follow to buy the Tuna Fish with the least impact? Is Tuna a healthy food? And most of all, can we still eat Tuna? 

Guests:

• Jack Coulton, communication & events at Slow Food International;
• Alison Laurie Neilson, Researcher at Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences, CICS.NOVA at the NOVA University of Lisbon;
• Andrea Devecchi, dietist and researcher at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Useful resources: 

Oceana study on Tuna fraud: https://oceana.org/reports/oceana-study-reveals-seafood-fraud-nationwide/  Article by The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2016/jul/27/is-there-any-tuna-thats-to-eat-tesco  Guide on how to buy Tuna: https://theconversation.com/sustainable-shopping-how-to-buy-tuna-without-biting-a-chunk-out-of-the-oceans-86229

Alison's book "A sea full of life: visions from the Azores" https://nineislands.wordpress.com  

 

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Welcome to a new episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. The special guest of today is Juan Carlos Villegas Cuevas, from Oaxaca in Mexico. Juan Carlos is an active member of SFYN Mexico and he participated in the digital global SFYN Academy this year. He is the director of Etnofood and knows a lot about local food culture and in particular about Mezcal. 

Link to Etnofood: https://etnofood.wixsite.com/inicio  Link to the SFYN Academy website: http://www.sfynacademy.com/ 

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Song “Cielito lindo” by Tres Ríos

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What’s the difference between beans and pulses? Is it bad to eat canned beans? How is Polish independence linked to the beans from the town of Lamim in Brazil? 

This episode is part of a small series dedicated to the Planting the Future Challenge, in which we take a deep dive into our food system and its challenges, get inspired to cook up plant-rich meals, learn about agroecology as a solution and get into action! For more information on the challenge and to sign up, visit www.plantingthefuture.slowfood.com

Guests: Nicolas Carton (Researcher & Global Bean Project Coordinator), Lucas Monteiro Mourão (Slow Food Brazil Activist) and Amaliah (Educator and Slow Food Activist in Indonesia). Host & Production: Valentina Gritti Post-Production & Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Useful links: - The Global Bean Project: www.globalbean.eu - Information sheet about cooking dry pulses: https://www.globalbean.eu/publications/cooking-pulses-dry-seeds/  - Read more about the Polish Eagle bean: https://www.slowfood.com/blog-and-news/polish-eagle-beans-a-pulse-beating-like-a-warm-heart-across-continents/  - Tempeh in the Ark of Taste: https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/benguk-tempeh-besengek-2/ 

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Cuando pensamos en las montañas, podemos cometer el error de pensar simplemente en ellas como si estuvieran "allá arriba", sin tener en cuenta las capas de diversidad que albergan a diferentes alturas, como explican Pía León y Malena Martínez del Perú. 

El Perú es una tierra de extraordinaria biodiversidad a altitudes muy diferentes. Desde los 3500 a los 4000 metros encontramos tubérculos, papas, ollucos, hojas y raíces. El maíz prolifera entre 2500 y 2800 metros, mientras que el cacao crece mejor a menor altitud, que es, al mismo tiempo, la parte más alta de la selva. La cocina puede reunir esta riqueza en una experiencia única que, más allá de la diversidad de alimentos, representa también una diversidad de culturas. 

Pía León es chef y directora, junto con su esposo, Virgilio Martinez, de los restaurantes Central y Bar Mayo en Lima y de Mil en Cusco, todos enfocados en la cultura gastronómica peruana. En 2018 Pía fue nominada como mejor mujer chef de América Latina por su proyecto Kjolle. También es la Directora Culinaria de Mater Iniciativa, el taller de investigación alimentaria del restaurante Central. Malena Martínez es la Directora de Mater Iniciativa. Ella ha hablado sobre la evolución del proyecto en #50BestTalks Latin America: Unidos por la comida, en Bogotá. 

Podcast host: Valentina Gritti

Música y editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Gaita colombiana: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes; flauta: Clara Gallardo; percusión: Philip Kukulies.

Enlace video original del Food Talk: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/pia-leon-e-malena-martinez-food-and-culture-at-high-altitude-a-tribute-to-diversity/

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In the framework of the Slow Food event Terra Madre, today we are exploring the ecosystems shaped by agroecology. You are going to get deeper into the topic of sustainable agriculture, food sovereignty, school gardens, cultural identity and much more. Mélanie Antin is the podcast host for today. She is a young activist of Slow Food France, she has a background in anthropology and she is a drama teacher. Mélanie is passionate about agroecology and writing. She has a beautiful blog showcasing stories of resistance among farmers of all over the word called “les mauvaises herbes”: http://lesmauvaisesherbes.blog/

Guests: 

• Helda Morales: biologist, professor and researcher at ECOSUR, México;
• Edie Mukiibi: agronomist, vice-president of Slow Food International and executive director of Slow Food Uganda, Uganda;
• Paola Migliorini: assistant Professor of Agronomy and Crop Production at UNISG, president of Agroecology Europe, Italy.

Project manager & host: Valentina Gritti.

Special host: Mélanie Antin.

Composition, production & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes.

Music: Mexican music: Tres Ríos: Pablo Rodríguez, Manu Pinzón, Patricia Mancheño, Leonardo Prieto; African music: Kabele bah, Paul Valdivia, Guillermo siliceo, Jorge whaley y Juan Domingo Rogel; maestro Gwagoro Keita; Tala lesson Codarts. 

Links:

The healthy eating plate: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/harvard-to-usda-check-out-the-healthy-eating-plate-201109143344  Terra Madre website: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/ The SFYN Patreon page: https://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/ 

 

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We are in Mexico and investigate different approaches towards food sovereignty of Slow Food activists with different backgrounds in México. In the final episode, Valentina speaks with Claudia Ruiz Sántiz, a young indigenous chef and owner of restaurant Kokonó, young chef Armando Cajero and Isaac Díaz, a craft sausage maker, about food sovereignty from a gastronomy perspective.

Enough food is produced worldwide to feed 10 billion people, yet hunger is on the rise. While vulnerable populations from the Global North cannot afford healthy and nourishing food, a growing number of people from the Global South must battle every day to simply get access to food. The current food system leaves many behind, putting profit before people. But such injustice is not irreversible: political leaders, from any level, must commit to reshaping our food system and giving it back its true purpose: nourishing everyone.  

Why is there food poverty and with what consequences? Who suffers from food poverty? What should the political answer be to help fight against it? You’ll learn all about in this episode, where we take you on a journey across the world, from the Global South to the Global North, with our guests:

• Nicole Pita, project manager at the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)
• Alba Gil, policy officer at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
• Samanta Vergati, environmental economist, member of the Slow Food community in Paris, and founder of the NGO “Altrimenti”

Host: Alice Poiron Post-production: Jonathan Remy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Last podcast of the year: a great way to catch up with European advocacy highlights of 2023 and what to expect in 2024!

Between 6–9 June 2024, millions of Europeans will participate in shaping the future of European democracy on the occasion of the European elections. It is a unique moment when people of 28 European countries collectively decide on the future of the European Union. Why does it matter from the food movement point of view? 

Host: Valentina Gritti Guests: Madeleine Coste, Slow Food Advocacy Director               Jannie Vestergaard, Slow Food international councillor for the Nordic Countries   If you want to know more about the Good Food Good Farming campaign, you can read this article. Find out more about Slow Food in the Nordic Countries and their initiatives on the website https://slowfoodnordic.com/    

You can follow @SlowFoodEurope on twitter to be updated on European Advocacy... and join our Telegram group to be part of the Podcast community! https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk  

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Welcome to the first episode of the SFYN podcast in 2023! The Slow Food Youth Network, or as we call it SFYN, is a worldwide network of young activists with different backgrounds who want to contribute to a better local and international food system. 

This is a special edition of the SFYN Podcast because it was recorded live during Terra Madre 2022, the biggest Slow Food event and it’s the second chapter of a series of three episodes. In this episode Valentina interviewed Bela Gil. Bela is a famous Brazilian influencer. She holds a master's degree in Gastronomic Sciences from the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Italy (UNISG), with an emphasis on the global food system. She also has a background in food and holistic nutrition, Ayurveda Nutrition, Iridology, Macrobiotics, permaculture and Agroecology. She is a chef and the host of a popular TV program in Brazil. This episode was co-hosted with Dan Saladino, producer at BBC Radio4 “The Food Programme” and author of the book "Eating to Extinction". 

• Can we influence the food system with our individual choices?
• How can hunger become a manipulative tool for governments?
• Can food corporations also play a role in sustainable food systems? 
• And much more to find out!

Host, production & post-production: Valentina Gritti Co-host: Dan Saladino Guest: Bela Gil Music: Leonardo Prieto

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In an era where urbanisation is sweeping across the globe, bringing with it a wave of challenges, few issues are as pressing and demanding as feeding our ever-expanding urban centres. There is an urgent need for change in our urban food systems, delving into sustainable agriculture, urban farming and community-supported initiatives that are revolutionising how we nourish our cities. Pasang Sherpa and Cecilia Barocio are young pioneers, actively involved in promoting indigenous foods cultures and closing the gap between rural producers and urban consumers in Nepal and Mexico. So let’s learn from them: how can we achieve food system regeneration in our cities?

This episode was live recorded at the event Terra Madre 2022 by Slow Food International.

Host and production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Pasang Sherpa (General Manager for Hotel Bodhiz, in Kathmandu, Nepal) and Cecilia Barocio Hernandez (Co-founder of Consumo Consciente, in Tlaxcala, México). Music: Leonardo Prieto

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Which pedagogical tools can help reconnect children to nature? How can schools, teachers and parents take action to change the current educational systems? What are the effects of food education on our kids? In today's episode we’ll look at different educational instruments, which can help children reconnect with food and nature, in particular in schools.

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Barbara Nappini (SF Italy president), Ai Onodera (co-Director of SOKKA, Ocean & Forest School) and Bruno Smadja (Mobile Film Festival director). Music: Leonardo Prieto

Useful links: - Petition to ask for compulsory food education in schools (Italy): https://www.slowfood.it/comunicati-stampa/appello-col-cibo-si-educa-col-cibo-si-cambia/  - Mobile Film Festival: https://www.youtube.com/mobilefilmfestival  - Interested in the Food on Film project? Write to education@slowfood.it  - More on Sokka forest and Ocean school: https://vimeo.com/315557265 

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Is there such a thing as an ideal diet? Is there a place for animal proteins in a climate friendly diet? How can we effectively change the way we eat and make sure this becomes a new habit that persists in time? 

This podcast is part of a small series dedicated to the Planting the Future Challenge, in which we take a deep dive into our food system and its challenges, get inspired to cook up plant-rich meals, learn about agroecology as a solution and get into action! For more information on the challenge and to sign up, visit www.plantingthefuture.slowfood.com

Guests: Francesco Scaglia (Culinary lead at EAT foundation), Dana Smith (campaign director at Meatless Monday), Becky Ramsing (Senior Program Officer at John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future), Liesbeth Velema (Behaviour change expert at Voedingscentrum). Host and production: Valentina Gritti Post-production & music: Leonardo Prieto

For feedback and questions join the podcast Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast 

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Today we will share with you this super nice Food Talk by Sandor Ellix Katz. Sandor is literally the guru of fermentation. He is from Tennessee, USA and he runs courses on fermentation across the world. He has participated in Terra Madre since its first edition and has helped create an international interest for these topics. The New York Times has called him “one of the few rock stars of the American gastronomic scene”. Learn the marvels of fermentation with his passionate Food Talk!  Find the original video of the Food Talk on the Terra Madre website: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/sandor-katz-the-marvels-of-fermentation/

Wanna join World Disco Soup Day? Find all the information in the toolkits: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1c8N8kNrpE0NxX1-4oUR_aXCGkXy7Fn32 and all the materials to support the campaign in this Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Yx4y_5HiGD6AXoxKH4aUAMCg3zngenj2 

 

Podcast host & production: Valentina Gritti Music & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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In 'Voices from the Roots', Indigenous storytellers will take you to Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and many other countries, to meet their communities, to visit their houses, to listen to their dreams and personal achievements. 

Today we are going to finish the series dedicated to indigenous youth stories by listening to the tales of Yolotzin Bravo, in Chiapas, Mexico, and Zarasisa Wacamaya in Cañar, Ecuador. From Tuesday onwards we are going to start the podcast series dedicated to Terra Madre: the biggest event that the Slow Food movement organizes every two years, involving food, communities and activists from all over the world. This edition, due to the global pandemic, will have a big digital part and you can find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com

Remember to subscribe to our channel and support our work through the Patreon platform: https://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/ 

A special thanks to Ana Silvia García Castellanos and Arianna Labasin for translation and dubbing of this episode and to Leonardo Prieto Dorantes for the music of the whole Voices from the roots series.

Get ready for the Terra Madre series!

In 'Voices from the Roots', Indigenous storytellers will take you to Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and many other countries, to meet their communities, to visit their houses, to listen to their dreams and personal achievements.  

Today we will listen to the story of Njavwa Thresa Bwalya, an indigenous Zambian girl from the Bemba tribe from the Northern part of Zambia. Her strength, determination and faith, led her to escape from a critical family situation in extreme poverty and to being the first graduated woman in her community. Thresa is a food scientist, a SFYN activist and a programme Officer at Zambia Alliance of Women. Thresa’s story is particularly inspiring and listening to it will make you reflect on your current situation and the infinite possibilities you have in front of you. 

Get ready to hit the road on an unforgettable journey with Margaux Brochier and Maxime Bonnabry – two adventurous French spirits who traded in their chef and project manager titles at Refettorio Paris to embark on the ultimate Slow travelling adventure! Their mission? With Terre Terres they aim to learn, to explore, and to share the captivating stories of small scale farmers around Europe. And maybe to make a documentary about that as well!

But that's not all: stick around till the end, and you'll be treated to some fantastic practical tips on how YOU can infuse a touch of Slowness into your own travels and holidays! 

Guests: Margaux Brochier and Maxime Bonnabry @terre_terres Host & production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto

Thanks to the podcast community for all your inputs!  Link to our Telegram group: https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk

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What is a fair coffee? How do we know if our coffee tastes good? What is the best way to preserve coffee and to prepare it? But first of all, which tips can we follow to buy our coffee?

Today I will have a conversation with Silvia Rota, one of the coordinators of the Slow Food Coffee Coalition and this episode is dedicated to all of us who not only want to make more conscious choices, but also want to participate in building a sustainable and ethical coffee industry by taking small steps towards a better coffee world. 

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Silvia Rota (SF Coffee Coalition)               Elvia Villani Catalán (SF México, coffee farmer)  Community contribution: Amanuel Samuel, Ethiopia Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Be part of the SF Coffee Coalition and get the guide" Brewing a Better World.The Responsible Coffee-Lover’s Toolkit": https://coffeecoalition.slowfood.com/ 

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Why is it important to be activists? Why shall we raise our voices before COP28? How can we live in a more climate friendly way? Does it make sense to talk about the climate crises now, while so many horrors are happening around the world? 

In this episode I will have a conversation with Elena Lucchiari, the Flash COP campaign manager at Slow Food Youth Network. Elena is a young Italian activist with a background in international development studies. The second guest of today is Shane Holland, Executive Chairman of Slow Food in the UK. Shane is a food writer, a university lecturer, he has a broad knowledge on the COP and he was also actively involved in COP26 in Glasgow. Please stick until the end because in the last part of the podcast we collected a few inputs from our podcast community with practical tips on how to live in a more climate friendly way… 

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Elena Lucchiari, Slow Food Youth Network;               Shane Holland, Slow Food in the UK With contributions from: Giorgio Brizio, Maria Geuze and Samanta Fabbris Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Learn more about the Flash COP campaign with the campaign toolkits: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_1wcg0lXHr1SD7mi9Ajx_UYlEnEX3eQR?usp=drive_link  Email Elena for more information at Elena@sfyn.org

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This year the SFYN podcast is hosting a new series all dedicated to the European policy in terms of food and agriculture. The series will be conducted by Slow Food Europe, which is in charge of involving Slow Food in the political debate on the European level. The special host of this series is Alice Poiron, communication officer at Slow Food Europe. The topics touched will be in line with the most updated and relevant debates around food and agriculture in Europe. 

Today we kick off the series with the topic of new GMOs! What are new GMOs? How do they differ from the old GMOs? What are the latest decisions of the EU on the matter? 

The guests of today are:

• Elisa D’Aloisio, peasant farmer at the European Coordination Via Campesina with a PhD in genetics and practical expertise in GMOs
• Martin Sommer, policy coordinator at IFOAM Organics Europe, the association for organic food and farming in Europe
• Madeleine Coste, Policy Officer at Slow Food Europe

Find here the European Commission’s study on new GMOs: https://www.slowfood.com/european-commission-opens-the-door-to-new-gmos/

Recommended to follow on Twitter: @SlowFoodEurope ; @OrganicsEurope ; @ECVC1 

Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Project manager: Valentina Gritti 

 

Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and the EASME is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

 

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Can a farm be Slow? And could it also be a tool for activism and political change? In this episode, we explore the amazing potential of Slow Food Farms—a new program that’s helping transition our food systems toward sustainability through agroecology. Join us as we chat with changemakers from Mexico, Uganda, and Sweden who are working to make the world of food good, clean, and fair for everyone. Whether you’re a farmer or just passionate about sustainable food, this episode is for YOU!

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Edward Mukiibi (President of SF International), Santiago Aguilar Zilli (agroecological farmer in Mexico), Michaela Saax (chairwoman of Slow Food Stockholm) Music: Leonardo Prieto

More about Slow Food Farms: https://www.slowfood.com/slow-food-farms/  Join our Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast 

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Do you really need to spend a lot to eat well? Or is it possible to eat good, clean, and fair food without going over budget?   In this new episode of Slow Food, the Podcast, we’re talking about how to eat Slow without spending a fortune. Valentina Gritti and Addison Austin-Lou sit down with Guusje Weeber communication manager of SFYN Netherlands and journalist Michael Moss to share real, practical tips on how to shop smarter, waste less, and make the most of what’s in season. If you’re trying to eat better without spending more, this one’s for you!   JOIN PLANTING THE FUTURE: https://ig.me/j/AbZhBdCs9GKVkN_i/?igsh=MTFwYnV4eDZ1NHZneg==  Share your tips in our Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast  A project by Slow Food Youth Network

His name is Josse Haarhuis, he is 25 years old and since 4 years already he has been managing Buitengewone Varkens, a circular pig farming company in The Netherlands. His objective is to put animal welfare at the centre and make sure that each pig has a goal.  

Guest: Josse Haarhuis (Buitengewone Varkens) Host & Production and post-production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto  This podcast is part of the project ON-FARM, with which we aim to teach local and regional farmers in European countries how to start their own on-farm production process, create added value products, and reach a wider customer audience. 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

What does plant-based diet mean? Can it be connected to our food traditions? How can we tropicalize our food with local ingredients? We will talk about this and much more in this exciting conversation with Azul Meyer Mijares, gastronome, photographer, chef and founder of @Hojazul from Cholula, Mexico. 

Join World Disco Soup Day 2022 by registering at this link!

Host, production & editing: Valentina Gritti Guest: Azul Meyer Mijares Design: Pop-eye Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Song: Simona en el mercado by Son De Aquí

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In today's episode we will learn what agroecology is, how it applies to agriculture, to fishing and regenerative animal farming and we will also get some practical tips on how we can find agroecological products and be part of the change...

This podcast is part of a small series dedicated to the Planting the Future challenge (https://plantingthefuture.slowfood.com/) 

Host and production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Moreen Ankunda (Slow Food Uganda), Matheus Sborgia (Regenerative Cattle Farmer at Terras Caipora), Didier Gascuel (Researcher and Professor of Marine Ecology at Institut Agro), Richard McCarthy (President of the World Farmers Markets Coalition). Post-production and music: Leonardo Prieto 

 

Dive deeper into the topic of animal farming with this episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V3RasNm2aky7QCtw8HXYk  Join our Telegram group: https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk 

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What is going on at the EU policy level? Why is the environmental movement asking for a the withdrawal of the proposal of the new Common Agricultural Policy? What is the Farm to Fork strategy and how binding is it?  All this questions and much more are answered in this episode by Inés Jordana, coordinator of the EU Food Policy Coalition, and Madeleine Coste, EU Food Policy officer at Slow Food International, in Brussels. 

Podcast host: Valentina Gritti

Production, editing & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

 

Useful links:

EU Food Policy Coalition website; Agriculture Atlas; Slow Food EU website; Good Food Good Farming campaign website.

Important: sing the petition to Save Bees and Farmers at this link: https://www.slowfood.com/save-bees-farmers/

 

Online appointments not to miss: 

- November 17th: Food and Cultural Heritage Conference 11.00-13.00 CET https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/food-and-cultural-heritage-an-eu-policy-perspective/

- November 24th: the Common Agricultural Policy: keeping ambition high in Europe https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/the-common-agricultural-poliy-keeping-the-ambition-high-in-europe/ 

 

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In the podcast episode dedicated to forest peoples and land rights, I promised you another episode about land grabbing and there it is! Today we have the pleasure of listening to the Italian journalist and writer Stefano Liberti. Among others, he is author of the book I Signori del cibo, by which the movie Soyalism is inspired, and Land Grabbing. Today he is going to talk about the research he carried out for the latter book, including some latest updates and positive examples of peoples that managed to fight against land grabbing and they managed to see their land rights recognized. 

But let’s start from the very beginning: what is land grabbing? 

 

Find out more about Terra Madre: www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com Interested in the topic? Join the free Terra Madre Forum "Forest peoples' food systems and the threat of land grabbing" on the 21st November. Register at: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/forest-peoples-food-systems-and-the-threat-of-land-grabbing/ 

Become a SFYN Patron and get access to extra material: http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/

 

Project manager and podcast host: Valentina Gritti Composition, production and editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes African Ensemble Berekete: Kabele bah, Paul Valdivia, Guillermo siliceo, Jorge whaley and Juan Domingo Rogel; maestro Gwagoro Keita.

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How can we re-establish and reinforce the relationship between humans and nature? What is the role of food in this? Can a better relationship with nature help us tackle the climate crises? Why shall we tell the stories of communities preserving nature?

In today's episode we’ll look at why and how we should reconnect with nature. We’ll have a special eye on agroecology and biodiversity preservation and we’ll get to know some examples from communities who live in harmony with their natural surroundings. 

Host & Production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Francesco Sottile (Slow Food International board of directors), Dan Saladino (journalist, broadcaster and author of the book "Eating to extinction") and Claudia Ranja (spokesperson of SF Târgu Mureş – Marosvásárhely Community) Music: Leonardo Prieto

Useful links:

• Terra Madre event: https://2024.terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/ 
• Slow Food Brief on Agroecology: https://www.slowfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240627_EN_Agroecology-A-Slow-Food-Brief-2.pdf 
• Previous podcast on agroecology: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DXi2ZJmHKV7fuf3x4Piu7 
• Join our Telegram group: https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk 

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Welcome to a new episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. 

The special guest of today is John Kiwagalo, from Mukono, in Uganda. John is one of the persons that you must know if you are part of the Slow Food Youth Network. He is the SFYN Africa coordinator and also coordinates the local youth network in Uganda. But what is his favourite food? And what does a typical day for him in Uganda look like?

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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What choices lie behind the food we eat in our public canteens, in our schools, hospitals, retirement homes and workplaces? And how can we ensure that the healthiest, most sustainable options end up on our public plates? 

In this episode, agrifood journalist Natasha Foote talks you through the world of public procurement, with the help of:

• Peter Defrancheschi – Head of the ICLEI Brussels office
• Renata Lukasova – Slow Food member, hospitality expert and director of food catering helping to run school canteens in the Czech Republic 
• Jannie Vestergaard – Slow Food member, food systems expert and food nutritionist
• Thomas Waitz – Green MEP and farmer

Host: Natasha Foote Post-Production: Jonathan Rémy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes and Jonathan Rémy

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This is the first episode dedicated to the On My Plate Challenge of Slow Food: what is good food? We will explore its meanings with three interviewees, from South Africa, Azerbaijan and Colombia.    The three special guests of today are: - Arnold Tanzer: he is the head of the Slow Food Cooks' Alliance in South Africa. The Slow Food cooks’s alliance is a network of cooks defending food biodiversity across the world. Arnold is based in Johannesburg. During the pandemic he has started a project called “Chefs with compassion”, with the goal of fighting food waste and supporting people in need;   - Yagub Zeynalzade: he is the spokesperson for the community Youth Network Food for Change Baku in Azerbaijan. The young activists together are raising awareness about healthy nutrition, preserving local food and biodiversity. Yagub is a chef as a profession. He studied at the Culinary Institute in Croatia and at ALMA in Italy;   - Cilia Inés Acosta Ocampo: she is part of the Slow Food community Wambid: mingueros del alimento. She is now retired but previously she was working for SENA, the national training service in Colombia. She carried out an amazing investigation related to culinary traditions along the Pacific coast of Colombia and she also participated in writing the book “El Festin”. This book is a collection of recipes of women from black communities in the Pacific.   Podcast host: Valentina Gritti Production, editing & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Colombian music: Grupo Yuka Dubbing: Maria Elena Vaccari.   This episode is realized in the occasion of the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2020: find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com    Did you like this episode? Support our work and have access to extra material by becoming one of our patrons on http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/   Have you signed up for the On My Plate Challenge yet? If not, you can do it at Onmyplate.slowfood.com    A project by the Slow Food Youth Network.

1/3 of the food produced worldwide is either wasted or lost, which means it never ends up where it is supposed to : on our plates. Why is this a problem?  Well, it costs countries millions of euros in lost revenue, causes unnecessary stress on the food chain, and harms the environment by contributing to global warming and climate change. Many myths have been circulating about what causes food waste and who produces more of it. You’ll learn all about it in this episode, and of course, about what’s up in the European Union to help address food waste, because there is no fun without a tad of food policy.

Our guests are: 

• Anne-Luz Pijnenburg, member of the Slow Food Youth Network in Amsterdam;
• Martin Bowman, food waste campaigner at Feedback;
• Tom Václavík, coordinator of Slow Food Brno in Czech Republic;

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @feedbackorg and @SFYN_Amsterdam. And if you don’t yet follow SFYN on Instagram, time to catch up! 

Host: Alice Poiron

Production, editing: Valentina Gritti

Music: Leonardo Prieto 

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We are in Mexico and investigate different approaches towards food sovereignty of Slow Food activists with different backgrounds in México. In episode 1 Valentina talks with Alma Rosa Garcia, coordinator of the Slow Food Presidium of the Chontalpa Cacao, and Santiago Aguilar Zilli, a young agro-ecological farmer in Veracruz, about food sovereignty from a farmers perspective.

Starting a new format: "Bites of" in which we dig into a specific topic with a young expert in the Slow Food Youth Network.  The host in this episode is Jam Melchor, founder of the successful food delivery business "Yes Plate" in Manila, The Philippines. 

What are the keys for success in a food business? How to keep up with competitors and how to face moments of crisis? What is the importance of networking and how do you select the people in your team? 

Host, production & editing: Valentina Gritti Guest: Jam Melchor Design: Pop-eye Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Today we are going to listen to the Food Talk of Miguel Altieri, one of the fathers of agroecology. He will tell us how the current pandemic is linked to our food systems and how agroecology can be a tool to achieve better health in agriculture, ecology and humans.

 

Host & production: Valentina Gritti

Music & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

 

Watch the video of the Food Talk on the Terra Madre website at this link: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/miguel-altieri-agroecology-a-cure-for-the-pandemic/

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[Episodio en español] En "Voices from the roots", los narradores indígenas les llevarán a Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Kirguistán, Uganda y muchos otros países, para conocer sus comunidades, visitar sus casas, escuchar sus sueños y logros personales. 

El día de hoy, Lizet Bautista Patzi nos hará viajar con su cuento hacia Bolivia. Ella nos va a compartir un poquito de su vida desde su niñez como campesina en la región minera de Colquiri, hasta sus logros como cocinera en los últimos años. Con voz humilde, Liz nos cuenta su historia inspiradora y nos hace imaginar los colores de sus dibujos y los aromas de sus platillos. 

Liz ¡haznos viajar contigo! 

We are going to focus our conversation on Greenwashing: what is it exactly? Who is behind it? How does it work and what can we do to face it?  

I am delighted to carry out today's discussion with two experts on the topic of Greenwashing. Hazel Healy is DeSmog's UK Editor. She is also a freelance writer and broadcaster specializing in stories about food justice, climate and migration. Hazel recently published together with Rachel Sherrington the article “A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28” on DeSmog, independent, investigative website. 

The second guest of today is Kavya Chowdhry. Kavya is from India and works as a researcher with ETC, the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration. ETC Group is a small, international, research and action collective committed to social and environmental justice, human rights and the defense of just and ecological agri-food systems and the web of life. Kavya is co-author of the report "Food Barons 2022. Crisis Profiteering, Digitalization and Shifting Power" together with Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter.

Host: Valentina Gritti Guests: Hazel Healy from De Smog and Kavya Chowdhry, ETC. Post-production: Jonathan Remy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Food is a communal journey, but it’s more than just feeding our bodies: it feeds our soul. If a food isn’t good, if it’s not fruit of a communal journey, then our soul suffers and dies. Satish Kumar discusses his idea of food and its value, which must be understood from many points of view, including the spiritual satisfaction we derive from it.

Satish Kumar is an Indian British activist and speaker. He has been a Jain Monk, a nuclear disarmament advocate and pacifist. He is now living in Devon, England and he writes for the Resurgence & ecologist magazine. He is founder and Director of programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies. 

Let’s listen to his food talk, good for our souls and our thoughts!

 

Find out more about Terra Madre: www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com Here you can find the original video of the Food Talk of Satish Kumar: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/satish-kumar-food-is-a-communal-journey/ 

Become a SFYN Patron and get access to extra material: http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/

Podcast host: Valentina Gritti Composition, production and editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Music: African Ensemble Berekete: Kabele bah, Paul Valdivia, Guillermo siliceo, Jorge whaley and Juan Domingo Rogel; maestro Gwagoro Keita.

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Welcome to the second episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. 

The special guest of today is Rebecca Marcone, who is originally from Italy but is currently studying in Edinburgh Scotland. Rebecca is involved in the re-launching SFYN Scotland, she is a foodie with a lot of cooking passions (sourdough and specialty coffee to mention just a few). She is dreaming of a food system based on equality and she is committed to taking actions on a local and international level to make a change. 

Link to the “Scotland the Bread” initiative: https://scotlandthebread.org/ Link to SFYN Scotland: https://www.facebook.com/SFYNScotland 

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Welcome to the Spring edition of Slow Food, the podcast! Are you feeling the itch to get your hands dirty and start growing some fresh veggies or fragrant flowers? You're not alone! In today's episode, we're diving into the world of gardening. We'll explore how school gardens are transforming communities in Nigeria and the USA, and we'll get our green thumbs in gear with practical tips from the Frenchie Gardener on how to grow your own food, even if you live in a city apartment with only a balcony to spare. Did you also get the basil trauma when after a week or so the basil plant you bought miserably died? No worries: it was not your fault and we’ll tell you why! So roll up your sleeves and get ready to dig in! This is an episode you won't want to miss.

Host and production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Olajumoke Rachael Okeola (School teacher and gardener in Nigeria); Kat Glenn (Slow Food Houston community leader) & The Frenchie Gardener (author, teacher and Urban Gardening influencer).  Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

 

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“Slow Food Goes Brussels” is back, and there’s a new voice behind the mic! Meet Natasha Foote, an agrifood journalist, ready to guide you through the hottest debates in the EU food world.

In this month’s episode, we dive into:

• What’s been brewing over the summer
• The big challenges EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will face in her second term
• How the new shape of the European Parliament will affect future policies
• The buzz around the strategic dialogue on agriculture that everyone is talking about, what it is, and how that will help form the basis of policymaking going forward

As Brussels gears up for the start of another 5-year political cycle, Slow Food Goes Brussels brings you up to speed for the fun to come over the next few months and years, with the help of:

• Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• Marta Messa, Secretary General Slow Food
• Geneviève Savigny, Farmer and representative for European Coordination Via Campesina

Host: Natasha Foote Production: Jonathan Rémy

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In 'Voices from the Roots', Indigenous storytellers will take you to Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and many other countries, to meet their communities, to visit their houses, to listen to their dreams and personal achievements.  

In his story Bashir doesn't want to share negative - Covid 19 inspired - thoughts with us. Instead, he wants to cheer us up with two funny anecdotes that happened to him when he had his first encounters with the “westernized world”.

This is the second episode dedicated to the On My Plate Challenge of Slow Food: what is clean food? We will explore its meanings with three interviewees, from Cuba, Italy and Burkina Faso.    The three special guests of today are:   - Melissa Relova Posada: she is a 20 years old girl from Cuba and I'm. She is part of the Slow Food community Finca Vista Hermosa which is her family project. She is now attending the 3rd year at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. Melissa will tell us about how the USA embargo influenced the agricultural landscape in Cuba.   - Alberto Leone: he is an Italian beekeeper belonging to the Slow Food Presidium of the Alpine high mountain honey. Alberto is an organic beekeeper and will tell us about how honey can be clean and what are the difficulties bees are facing nowadays.    - Jean Marie Koalga: he is a social educator as a profession and he is the spokesperson of the Slow Food community “Laafi Riibo"( which means healthy nourishment) in Bagaré, Burkina Faso. He is also national coordinator of SF Burkina Faso and international counsellor of SF International for West and francophone Africa.   Podcast host & production: Valentina Gritti Production, editing & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Voice: Fernanda Cabral Dubbing: Uberto Saltarelli & Leonardo Prieto Dorantes.    This episode is realized in the occasion of the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2020: find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com    Did you like this episode? Support our work and have access to extra material by becoming one of our patrons on http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/   Have you signed up for the On My Plate Challenge yet? If not, you can do it at Onmyplate.slowfood.com    A project by the Slow Food Youth Network.

Music and food are both important cultural expressions of different communities, they are part of rituals, they are elements that support the creation of bonds among people and they are more direct ways of communication compared to language for instance. But music and sounds can also trigger a different sensory outcome when we taste food. So what are the connections between food and music from a cultural perspective? And how do soundscape and music influence our taste and flavour perception?

Host and production: Valentina Gritti

Guests: Simone Campa: director of the Orchestra Terra Madre, sound designer and sound therapist Leonardo Prieto Dorantes: sociologist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Deiniol Pritchard: associate creative director at The Fat Duck

Music credits: thanks Simone Campa and the Orchestra Terra Madre for the piece AfroTammurriata and Tarantella Afro, thanks to Leonardo Prieto for our jingle and his group Son de Aquí for the piece “Simona en el Mercado”, a special thanks also to the Colombian musical group  Las Mucharejas for the piece “La Yuca Para el Pastel” (author Laura Marcela Asprilla, Chors: Angie Rengifo, Natali Sánchez, Tambor alegre : Alexis Aristizábal, Llamador: Nicolás Acevedo). 

Find the scientific paper on food and wine at this link: https://magentaaudio.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Adrian-North-Br-J-Psychology-103-3-293-301-2012-The-effect-of-background-music-on-the-taste-of-wine.pdf 

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He is a cook, a farmer, a food producer, an entrepreneur and a dreamer. Coming from Colombia, he moved first to Italy and he is now settled in the outskirts of Amsterdam where he runs two companies: De Stadsgroenteboer a community supported agricultural farm and JARA, a food processing company. I am talking about Andres Martinez Jara. 

I am Valentina Gritti, global community and project manager of the Slow Food Youth Network and in this episode I will take you to Amsterdam to meet Andres at his farm. We will discuss with him what the benefits of short supply chains are, how you can promote local biodiversity and save food waste by making preserves, but he will also share some useful  entrepreneurial tips on how to start your farm or food enterprise. Guest: Andres Martinez Jara Host & Production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto  This podcast is part of the project ON-FARM, with which we aim to teach local and regional farmers in European countries how to start their own on-farm production process, create added value products, and reach a wider customer audience. 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

So many of the foods we eat everyday are sprayed again and again with pesticides before landing on our table. And we all learned over the years, one scandal after another, that this is no good news, either for our health or the environment. But what most people don’t know is the tight connection between pesticides and GMOs. As the European Union is about to take some critical decisions on both pesticides and GMOs, we unveil the troubling truth about that very toxic couple, which are tied by many links, with our three guests:

• Mute Schimpf, policy officer at Friends of the Earth Europe
• Bosse Dalhgren, Slow Food farmer in Scotland
• Karina Ocampo, Slow Food activist in Argentina

News samples used in the episode were taken from:

“Bayer loses third appeals case over glyphosate weedkiller”, Reuters, August 10, 2021 “What you're eating: Consumer Reports investigates GMOs in food”, CBS News, October 7, 2014 “Monsanto ordered to pay $289M to man who claimed weedkiller contributed to cancer”, CBS News, 2018 “In Chile, amateur beekeeper rescues hives from coastal tourist city”, Reuters, December 7, 2022 “Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn”, Reuters, December 17, 2022

Host: Alice Poiron Co-host: Valentina Gritti Post-production: Jonathan Remy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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When we think of the mountains, we may make the mistake of simply thinking of them as being “up there”, without considering the layers of diversity they hold at different altitudes, as Pía León and Malena Martínez of Peru explain. 

Peru is a land of extraordinary biodiversity at wildly different altitudes. From 3500 to 4000 meters we find tubers, potatoes, olluco, leaves and roots. Corn proliferates between 2500 and 2800 meters, while cacao grows best at a lower altitude, which is, at the same time, the highest reaches of the jungle. The kitchen can bring this wealth together in a unique experience that, beyond the diversity of foods, represents a diversity of cultures too. 

Pía León is a chef and director, together with her husband Virgilio Martinez, of the restaurants Central and Mil in Lima and of Bar Mayo in Barranco, all focused on Peruvian gastronomic culture. In 2018 Pia was nominated as best woman chef in Latin America for her project Kjolle. She is also the Culinary Director of Mater Iniciativa, the food research workshop of the Central restaurant. Malena Martínez is the Director of Mater Iniciativa. She has spoken about the evolution of the project at #50BestTalks Latin America: United By Food, in Bogota.

Host & dubbing: Valentina Gritti

Music & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Gaita: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes; Flute: Clara Gallardo; Percussions: Philip Kukulies.

Find the video of the Food Talk on the Terra Madre website: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/pia-leon-e-malena-martinez-food-and-culture-at-high-altitude-a-tribute-to-diversity/

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Welcome to the podcast of Slow Food Youth Network. We are about to start a journey together, finding our way through the food systems. Enjoy the podcast, subscribe to it, write us a review and share it with your friends!

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In 'Voices from the Roots', Indigenous storytellers will take you to Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and many other countries, to meet their communities, to visit their houses, to listen to their dreams and personal achievements. 

In this episode the young Maasai Martin Oltinki, tells us how his daily life looks like, how his pastoralist community is structured and especially what the important roles of women are within the Maasai community.

We will also listen to the song that Maasai women sing to cows to produce more milk! Finally, Martin will tell us what he started doing, in order to support his people during Covid-19 crises. 

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How can we transition our local food system? Can grassroots projects influence policy on a higher level? What are key elements for a successful community initiative? In today's episode I am going to tell you some stories of change. Stories of impactful grassroots initiatives that are boosting food system transition in different aspects.  

A couple of weeks ago I was in Italy, in Cella Monte, for the project Shared Green Deal. A European project which aims to study from a social perspective the implementation of the Green Deal on a local level in different European countries. I have interviewed the project coordinators of the different grassroots initiatives, with the goal of learning more about their projects but also to see how European policies are impacting their local realities and how their projects can influence policy. 

Host and production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Costanza Guazzo and Luca Carisio (Asfodelo association, Italy), Janneke Bruil and Eduardo Cáceres (Stroomgebied Zuid-Veluwe, The Netherlands), Pelle Bengtsberg (Reformaten, Sweden), Zuzana Kupcová (Klíma ta potrebuje, Slovakia). 

More about Shared Green Deal: https://sharedgreendeal.eu/ 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for this content lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.

We are in Mexico and investigate different approaches towards food sovereignty of Slow Food activists with different backgrounds in México. In episode 2 Valentina talks with SFYN members Larizza Aquino, an artisanal baker, and Vinik Juré, an anthropologist expert in Mezcal, about food sovereignty from an anthropological and political perspective.

Which books can inspire us to cook and to think? What are great reading suggestions for this summer? 

Today's episode is all about reading suggestions for your summer holidays which we got from activists and leaders in the Slow food movement. This episode is split in two, because we received a lot of super interesting suggestions and I personally didn’t want to cut out any of them. Enjoy this episode and enjoy reading!

Host & production: Valentina Gritti; Guests: Elena Lucchiari (Slow Food Youth Network activist), Nicholas Panayi (Nico The Home Farmer) and Maria René Parada (sociologist and gastronome); Music: Leonardo Prieto

Books and time-stamps:

1. "Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake (01:59)
2.  “Field Guide to Urban Gardening” by Kevin Espiritu (10:20)
3. “Grow Bag Gardening” by Kevin Espiritu (13:33)
4. "Flavour Thesaurus 1 and 2" by Niki Segnit (17:42)
5. “The Art & Science of Foodpairing” by Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse and Johan Langenbick (21:58)
6. “The Life of the Bee” by Maurice Maeterlinck (23:38)
7. “Agitadoras de buen gusto: historia del sindicato de culinarias” by Ana Cecilia Wadsworth and Ineke Dibbits (26:10)
8. “Like water for chocolate” by Laura Esquivel (30:09)

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Slow Food Europe is back with a second episode on the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, which was proposed by the EU Commission last year to accelerate the transition towards sustainable food systems in Europe.

Last month, the EU Parliament voted in favor of this strategy despite repeated lobbying attacks from the agrifood industry. Slow Food warmly welcomed this vote, and took the opportunity to gather three panelists who have worked hard on the Farm to Fork Strategy since the start:

• Nina Holland, researcher at Corporate Europe Observatory (@nina_holland)
• Martin Dermine, policy officer at PAN Europe
• Tilly Metz, Member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance at the European Parliament (@MetzTilly)

In this episode, our guests talk about the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and what has happened since its publication in May 2020. They shed light on the intense lobbying that the agro-chemical industry has been doing to try to weaken the Strategy, and on how you, as European citizens can influence food policy, for example through the recent successful European Citizens Initative “Save bees and farmers”.

For more details on the EU Parliament's vote of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, read our recap article: https://www.slowfood.com/eu-parliament-gives-the-green-light-to-the-farm-to-fork-strategy/

Also, do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @MetzTilly, @corporateeurope and @EuropePAN!

 

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Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Production: Valentina Gritti 

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Biodiversity is the foundation of life on Earth, yet it's disappearing at an alarming rate—with habitats fragmented and up to a million species at risk. Agriculture is a key driver of this crisis, but is it a central focus in global biodiversity solutions?

In this episode, we delve into the recent United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia, with insights from experts who were on the ground. Was there an agri-food flavor to the discussions? What were the key takeaways, and did this COP live up to its promises—or was it just for show?

Join us for a deep dive into the intersection of agriculture, biodiversity, and global policymaking, with our guests:

• Edward Davey, Head of the World Resources Institute Europe's UK office
• Lim Li Ching, co-chair of IPES-Food and senior researcher at Third World Network (TWN)
• Hazel Healy, De Smog’s UK Editor in Chief

Host: Natasha Foote Post-Production: Jonathan Rémy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes and Jonathan Rémy

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The goal of this episode is to broaden our understanding of a regenerative food system within the context of an indigenous community, and to shed light on the age-old agricultural practices that keep our communities strong. We learn about the multi-faceted challenges indigenous communities face, in the past, present, and future, and the solutions and growth that agriculture can provide. Amidst the trying times of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are humbled by new perspectives. The voices of our interviewees give us a strong reminder to step outside of ourselves and to understand not only how different communities are affected, but to learn from others. In doing so, we hear from experts around the world - people that have gained years of insight through study, implementation, and experimentation.

• Carson Kiburo represents his indigenous Kenyan community on the global stage;
• Roxanne Swentzl educates fellow members of the Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico on health and balance within ourselves;
• Health scientist and CEO Dean Seneca advocates for the underdogs;
• Lilian Hill shares with her community on the Hopi reservation different ways of saving food and building their own food systems.

Through these different perspectives prevails a common message: what we grow and how we grow it is an extension of our cultural identity. To hear indigenous community members speak on the resiliency and unification that comes from their food is not just a call to action. Rather, it is encouragement to reconnect with our food, and a reassurance that sometimes we have to look to the past in order to move forward. 

Podcast host, production and editing: Sara El Sayed Supported by Katherine Blessington Music: Lyla June and Leonardo Prieto Dorantes 

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Hello everyone and welcome back to the SFYN podcast. Slow Food Youth Network, or SFYN as we call it, is a worldwide movement of young activists with different backgrounds who want to contribute to a better local and international food system. If you’ve been following our podcast for a while, you know what the SFYN Podcast is all about, but what are our plans for the coming year? Have a listen what's coming up this year. Talk soon!

[English version will be published on Monday 4th of April!] In questo episodio intervistiamo Carlo Petrini, il fondatore e presidente di Slow Food, sulla sua esperienza da attivista. Trattiamo tematiche come l'evoluzione dell'attivismo giovanile e del concetto di gastronomia, l'importanza di rigenerare il nostro sistema alimentare e la visione attuale del movimento di Slow Food. 

Host, produzione & edizione: Valentina Gritti Ospite: Carlo Petrini  Design: Pop-eye

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Welcome to a new episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. 

The special guest of today is Ruth Gutierrez, from Bolivia. Ruth is a very young activist from the Community of Slow Food Cochabamba. She is studying gastronomy to become a chef. She is very active in supporting local food sovereignty and biodiversity in Bolivia and she is also very involved in the international activities of the Slow Food Youth Network. For example this year she was part of the World Disco Soup Day Task Force. Ruth loves taking care of her garden and living her life in balance… 

About World Disco Soup Day: https://slowfoodyouthnetwork.org/actions/  Wanna have a copy of the Disco Soup Cookbook? Write to hello@slowfoodyouthnetwork.org 

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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In 'Voices from the Roots', Indigenous storytellers will take you to Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda and many other countries, to meet their communities, to visit their houses, to listen to their dreams and personal achievements. 

Today, Lizet Bautista Patzi will make us travel with her story to Bolivia. She is going to share with us a little bit of her life from her childhood as a farmer in the mining region of Colquiri, to her achievements as a cook in recent years. With a very humble voice, Liz tells us her inspiring story and makes us imagine the colors of her drawings and the aromas of her dishes. Liz, make us travel with you!

 

Thanks to Ana Silvia Garcia Castellanos for the dubbing. 

Welcome to a new episode of SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. 

The special guest of today is Carlo Sumoang, a SFYN activist based in Manila, in The Philippines. SFYN in The Philippines has always been a very active network in the past years. They have carried out different initiatives to preserve local food heritage and biodiversity, to reduce food waste and much more. So I am really happy today to have this conversation with Carlo who can tell us a bit more about what is currently happening and also to get to know him more. Carlo is a farmer, entrepreneur and a fan of meditation. His dream? To retire soon and live as an hermit where he can meditate all day long…

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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In this episode we are interviewing Carlo Petrini, founder and president of Slow Food. He will share with us his experience as an activist. We will also discuss the evolution of youth activism, the concept of gastronomy and the importance of regenerating our food system. We will also get some insights on the current vision of the Slow Food movement. A special thank to Jonas Pfannenstiel for translation and dubbing.

Host, production & editing: Valentina Gritti Guest: Carlo Petrini  Design: Pop-eye Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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Today we are kicking off a new series called SFYNers around the globe! In this series we are going to meet different activists of our network. We are going to get to know more about who they are, what they do in their daily lives and how they are involved with the Slow Food Youth Network. We have a similar set of questions for all the SFYNers but in additions to those we will see of course where the conversation brings us. 

The first guest of our series is Siwar Maalej, from SFYN Tunis, in Tunisia. Wanna know what a typical day in Tunis looks like? Find out something about the local food system’s issues and potential? Let’s start! 

Here you can find the Instagram of Siwar: https://www.instagram.com/greenleveltastes/ and of SFYN Tunis: https://www.instagram.com/sfyntunis/

Watch the video on how to prepare the traditional Bsisa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYL1dmGHwU 

Podcast host, production and editing: Valentina Gritti. Podcast jingle: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes.

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In the past months, farmers have been protesting all over Europe. They're marching and driving tractors through city streets. But sadly, what's happening follows a pattern we see often. A serious protest, born out of real struggles, is being made to seem less important. It's being turned into a fight between farmers and environmentalists, or farmers and the European Union. And some people are using it for their own gain, like trying to win votes or protect their own interests. 

Today, we'll talk about why farmers are protesting and with a focus on common grounds and on solving the root problems in our food system.

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Natasha Foote (Freelance agri-food journalist), Jereon Candel (Professor of food and agricultural policy at Wageningen University), Sebastian Mira (Farmer from Slow Food Pays Catalan).

Farmers' protest audio's source: the Telegraph video

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What is going on with the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe? What is the simplification package and what were the hidden reasons behind it? Can we afford to put environmental protection measures aside in this moment of history?

This episode is part of the series Slow Food Goes Brussels, where we dissect the political debates linked to the greatest challenges food and agriculture are facing. In the previous episode of this series we explained why farmers were protesting in the beginning of the year. In today’s episode we look into what is the response of the EU Institutions to the latest farmers protests. This response is namely what the Commission is calling a "simplification" of the CAP, but what is in fact a reform: they are deciding to rollback on green conditions.

Host & Production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Giulia Gouet (policy officer at Slow Food International), Gerardo Fortuna (senior reporter at Euronews) and Paul Behrens (Associate Professor of Environmental Change).

Links: Endorsing the Slow Food Manifesto: https://feedthechange.slowfood.com/

Webinar: "Feed the Change: Why the EU Elections Matter for the Future of Food" | May 28th @1pm CET | Register to the webinar --> https://www.slowfood.com/events/feed-the-change-the-webinar/

 

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In today's episode we will find out how municipalities can contribute to creating sustainable food environments. I had the chance to interview Thays Thatiane Padilha, previous project planner and international relationships manager at the secretariat for food security at the municipality of Curitiba, Brazil. Thays will tell us more about different inspiring initiatives such as how the municipality has built an urban farm at the city centre of Curitiba, how they create community gardens in empty spaces and what are the solidarity tables and the restaurants of the people. 

In the second half of the episode we will have a conversation with Davide Zarri, project officer at the municipality of Bergamo, in Italy.  Davide will explain how different public initiatives have been developed to foster sustainable food environments. We will learn about the biodiversity valley, the project of organic school canteens, the food policy council and much more. So, get ready for an exciting episode where you can hear of public initiatives that can be potentially replicated in your municipality as well! 

Guests: Thays Thatiane Padilha, municipality of Curitiba; Davide Zarri, municipality of Bergam; Gabriela Bonilha, SFYN Brazil national coordinator. Host, production & editing: Valentina Gritti. Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes. Design: Pop-eye studio.

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Time for EU food policy! In this episode, Slow Food Europe talks about climate!

Few weeks ago, world leaders met in Glasgow for the COP26! Alas, this crucial international summit on climate change ended with a disappointing agreement, just when the expectations of civil society, young people, indigenous peoples, and all those affected by the climate emergency were highest. What’s more, despite causing approximately 30% of all atmospheric carbon, there was little said about food and farming.

Now that the COP26 is behind us and that dust has settled, let’s take a step back! Was the COP26 a success? What was decided about food and farming? Where does the EU stand in all this, and what is the EU’s way forward on climate change ? We answer all these questions with our three guests:

• Shane Holland, executive director of Slow Food in the UK
• Chantal Clément, Deputy Director of IPES-Food (the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems)
• Tim Mc Phie, European Commission Spokesperson for Climate Action and Energy

Check out Slow Food’s website to keep up to speed about our work on climate change: https://www.slowfood.com/what-we-do/themes/climatechange/

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @TimMcPhieEU, @slowfooduk and @IPESfood

Host: Alice Poiron Production & editing: Valentina Gritti  Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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In the episodes of the previous month we decided to learn more about the forest ecosystem and in particular forest people and land rights. This month instead we want to take you to the highlands. But instead of taking it very broad, we have decided to focus on one specialty that grows in the highlands… I am talking about coffee! Yes, the episode of today is entirely dedicated to coffee. 

And we also have a very special host for this episode, who has carried out all the interviews and basically worked on the whole concept I am talking about Kumud Dadlani. Kumud is a child of Asia. She was born in Taipei, raised in Kuala Lumpur and currently she is settled in Bombay. In these countries food is a form of social interaction and this planted in her the seed for the interest in local food systems and in the culture that surrounds it. 

Today Kumud is going to take you to a coffee journey in India, Rwanda, Mexico and Italy. You are going to dig into topics such as coffee agroforestry, specialty coffee and coffee tasting and also the brand-new project of the Coffee alliance of Slow Food. 

So get yourself a warm cup of coffee and enjoy this episode!

Interviewees:

• Stephany Escamilla Femat & Gerardo Hernández Martínez run the cooperative El Cafecol in Veracruz, Mexico. Together they maintain the objectives of preserving the diversity of the forest, ensure stable livelihoods, develop programs to enhance the value of Coffee and work together with the government to change local policies around Coffee.
• Arshiya Bose, a social scientist from India who started Black Baza Coffee as a medium to help Coffee farmers to grow the plant in tandem with nature. She speaks about the biodiversity seen in India and the new definition of speciality Coffee. For her, the forest is represented in the cup.
• Arthur Karuletwa, hails from Rwanda. At his former job at Starbucks Coffee company where he was the Coffee Traceability Director, Arthur has worked on a program using block chain technology to give back and solidify the identities of Coffee growers. He further explains how the terroir can affect the flavour and sensory quality in a cup of Coffee.
• Emanuele Dughera, works for the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity as coordinator & as a spokesperson of the Africa and Middle East Office. Furthermore, he manages Slow Food actions, grassroots projects, food and educational activities, in the Southern African countries as well as Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. He speaks of a new project called Slow Food Coffee Coalition.

Project manager & host: Valentina Gritti Special host: Kumud Dadlani Composition, production & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Musicians:  Percussions: Philip Kukulies; Mexican music: Tres Ríos: Pablo Rodríguez, Manu Pinzón, Patricia Mancheño, Leonardo Prieto: African music: Kabele bah, Paul Valdivia, Guillermo siliceo, Jorge whaley y Juan Domingo Rogel; maestro Gwagoro Keita; Indian music: Codarts Makam and Tala lessons.

This episode is realized in the occasion of the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2020: find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com    Did you like this episode? Support our work and have access to extra material by becoming one of our patrons on http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/  

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Slow Food Youth Network wants to raise attention for the concept of social justice within our movement and in the food system, because we believe that this particular historical moment is pivotal for a shift in the definition of human rights and we as a movement want to be part of this change towards a more just and fair food system and world. 

 

Today we will have the pleasure of listening to Sara Jean Whelan, from SFYN USA in Vermont and part of the SFYN Global steering committee, who interviewed Jim Embry, one of the creators of the SF USA manifesto for equity, inclusion and justice (the EIJ manifesto). Jim describes the milestones in the history of human rights in the USA, his view on developing a manifesto and how the latest events and the current social debate created a momentum for the manifesto to get a stronger position within Slow Food and beyond.

A podcast episode all dedicated to COP27: you will listen to many different voices of youth from different countries in the global south experiencing climate change in their communities. You will get to know the issues they are facing but also the solutions they are proposing and the requests they have for world leaders joining COP27. Plus, we will have a special focus on green finance and how it can be a tool to empower local communities.

!!! SFYN is organising an event at COP27: Harnessing the Voices of Rural Youth: A multi-sensory game show night. It will take place on November 10th at 4 PM Egypt time. Register to join the event online via this link: https://storm-virtual-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xa3YhrLGSReLPbelSVW9FQ More info on the event can be found here: https://ruralyouthcop27.org/ 

• Podcast host & production: Valentina Gritti
• Music & post-production: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes
• Dubbing: Laura Odorisio
• Guests: Luis Pino Ramirez, Samanta Fabbris, Djedje Jean Martial, Daniel Maches, Murilo Juruna, Gibson Mlorfe, Raúl Mondragón Segura, Olajumoke Rachael Okeola, Elphas Masanga, Lucas Monteiro Mourao, Glorieuse Zania Itongwa, Ajibike Oluwafunmilayo Olawale, Hubert Tchuigoua, Zeinorin Angkang and Mollie Brennan. 

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This is the third episode dedicated to the On My Plate Challenge of Slow Food: what is fair food? We will explore its meanings with three interviewees, from Rome, Paris and New York.    The three special guests of today are:  

• Diletta Bellotti is a young human rights advocate and founder of the “pomodori rosso sangue” movement (bloody red tomatoes). She is actively campaigning against organized crime, especially when it comes to labour force exploitation and migration. Today she will talk to us about the Caporalato phenomenon, a particular type of labour exploitation in agriculture (and not only);
• Bastien Beaufort is assistant director of Guayapi, a fair trade company based in Paris and which commercializes products from the Amazon and from Sri Lanka. Among their products they are also trading the Waraná from the Slow Food Presidium of the Sateré Mawé community in the Brazilian Amazon;
• Nevin Cohen is Associate Professor at the City University of NY at the School of Public Health and he is Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. Together with Kristin Reynolds he wrote the book: “Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City”.

Podcast host & production: Valentina Gritti Production, editing & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Voice: Fernanda Cabral   This episode is realized in the occasion of the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2020: find the whole program on www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com    Did you like this episode? Support our work and have access to extra material by becoming one of our patrons on http://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/   Have you signed up for the On My Plate Challenge yet? If not, you can do it at Onmyplate.slowfood.com    A project by the Slow Food Youth Network.

Take a break from December feasts and listen to the last episode of the SFYN podcast focused on EU food policies, in which we actually do not speak about EU food policies. While you are all recovering from delicious but intense end of the year festivities, let us talk to you about youth. These past years, young people from around the world have raised their voices, and took up the fight against climate change, inequalities, racism, war, corruption, you name it. Young people hold a great power to change the world, and more and more of them have decided to use this power to get their message across. 

Mid-December, members of the Slow Food Youth Network in Europe and students at the Slow Food’s University of Gastronomic Science gathered in Bra, in northern Italy. It was a great opportunity for us to sit down with a few of them and discuss about their views on political activism, their desire to see a sustainable food system happening in Europe and beyond, and their relationship to the European Union.

• • Jorrit, president of SFYN
  • Mallory, American student at the Slow Food’s University of Gastronomic Science (UNISG)
  • Paolo, member of SFYN in Sardegna
  • Lianne, president of SFYN Netherlands

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, but you can also follow SFYN and UNISG on Instagram and explore what young Slow Food activists are up to! See you in 2022!

Host: Alice Poiron Production, editing and music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes A project by Slow Food Youth Network

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In this new episode of Slow Food, the Podcast, we’re talking about how to cook from scratch. Valentina Gritti and Addison Austin-Lou sit down with Bob Dickinson (@fromscratchwithbob), a digital creator focussing on conscious consumption and whole food and journalist Michael Moss to share real, practical tips on how to stay away from processed foods. If you’re trying to eat better and slow down your life, this one’s for you!   JOIN PLANTING THE FUTURE: https://ig.me/j/AbZhBdCs9GKVkN_i/?igsh=MTFwYnV4eDZ1NHZneg==  Share your tips in our Telegram group: https://t.me/slowfoodthepodcast  A project by Slow Food Youth Network

Welcome to a new episode of Slow Food Goes Brussels, where we dissect the political debates linked to the greatest challenges food and agriculture are facing.

Cities are at the forefront of one of the most pressing problems of our times — food. According to the United Nations (UN), 54% of the world’s population were living in urban areas in 2016 — and that figure is predicted to rise to 66% by 2050. And wherever people live, they must eat to survive and thrive, ideally several times a day. Across Europe, a growing number of cities have long since understood their key role in the future of food and have embarked on a journey towards what we call “sustainable urban food policies”.

For this episode, we are taking you on a journey to three of these pioneering cities: Bordeaux (France), Birmingham (England) and Groningen (The Netherlands). You will discover how they’re acting, in collaboration with local people and food stakeholders to limit food systems’ impact on climate and the environment, improve people’s wellbeing, shorten, and strengthen production chains, and guarantee access to good food for all.

Speakers:

• Yael Pantzer, policy officer specialized in urban food policies at Slow Food
• Kate Smith, volunteer at Slow Food Birmingham
• Apolline Beyris-Duvigneau, food officer for the municipality of Bordeaux
• Hilde Lavell and Hiltje van der Wal, food officers for the municipality of Groningen

Host: Alice Poiron Co-host: Valentina Gritti Post-production: Jonathan Remy Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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The protection of animal welfare on farms has gained momentum in recent years in Europe, with more and more EU citizens calling for the end of their cruel exploitation. And this is with good reason, for farm animals are considered as mere profit machines.

You’ve all seen those images of cows, pigs or chicken packed into tight cages or confined to small spaces where they spend a short but painful life. In a never-ending quest for profit, industrial farming allows farm animals to be mutilated, abused, crammed together, fed with low quality feed, and transported across the world in dreadful conditions. Overall farm animals are prevented to live according to their natural needs.

Yet, it is said that the European Union has the most advanced legislation in the world regarding animal welfare standards. So why such a gap between the European law and farming practices on the ground? How bad is the state of animal welfare in Europe, and what is being done at the EU level to right such wrongs? Also, what alternatives are there to industrial animal farming? You want the answers to these questions? No worries, Slow Food Europe investigated for you! In this episode, you will hear different points of view on this topic from:

• Jacopo Goracci, farmer of local ancient breeds of cows and pigs in rural Tuscany (Italy) and coordinator of a Slow Food presidium
• Andrea Gavinelli, who is in charge of the animal welfare unit at the EU Commission
• Olga Kikou, European Affairs Manager at the organization Compassion in World Farming

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as our guests: @Olga_CIWF, @CIWF_EU and @andreagavinelli. And if you don’t yet follow SFYN on Instagram, time to catch up!

 

Host: Alice Poiron Production, editing: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto

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Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and CINEA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

COP 28 has just begun. The attention of all those who care about the climate crisis and work to influence governments and institutions to adopt effective mitigation and adaptation measures have their eyes on Dubai. It is the first COP held since the full release of the latest update in March 2023 of the 6th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC). This report summarises and synthesises the most up-to-date climate science and provides the best scientific basis to set climate policy. Today I am delighted to host two very special guests to discuss some updates from COP 28 with a special eye on how food systems are driving the climate crises and what solutions are on the table. 

Host: Valentina Gritti Guests: Raj Patel is a British Indian academic, journalist, activist and writer. Slow Food President Edward Mukiibi is also with us to dialogue with him. Post-production: Jonathan Remy  Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Link to IPES report "From Plate to Planet": https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/platetoplanet 

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How can we make our celebrations more sustainable without losing the festive vibe? What about decorations, presents, fireworks and food? And finally, shall we think about a slow lifestyle as a new year’s resolution? 

We are getting closer to the end of the year and big celebrations are about to begin. In today’s episode I will hold a conversation with my colleagues from the Slow Food Youth Network office, Jorrit Kiewik and Elena Lucchiari, on how we can make our celebrations and holidays more Slow…

Host & production: Valentina Gritti Guests: Jorrit Kiewik (Director of Slow Food Youth Network and part of the board of directors of Slow Food International), Elena Lucchiari (SFYN campaign and community coordinator).  Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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LIVE RECORDED! This is the first episode of a series of three podcasts recorded live at the Slow Food event Terra Madre 2023. In this episode we discuss on how we can face climate change on a grassroots level and how global institutions are responding to the crises.

Guests:

• Arianna Labasin: young activist from Italy, graduated in Law and Sustainable Development, she did her master’s internship at the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
• Noora Huusari: works with the Snowchange Cooperative in Finland towards the preservation and enhancement of biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regenerative food production, with a focus on small-scale fisheries.

Hosts: Valentina Gritti (SFYN) and Dan Saladino (producer at BBC Radio for The Food Programme and author of the book "Eating to Extinction".

Production: Valentina Gritti Music composition: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

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This is the last episode dedicated to the Slow Food event Terra Madre and we are exploring our final ecosystem: the urban lands. Our question for today is: what is the role of gastronomy in promoting local biodiversity?

The special host of this episode is Ana Garcia Castellanos, who is working as a chef in a local food restaurant in Minnesota. She is from Guatemala and she is a digital activist for land rights and access to healthy diets. Ana will take us on a journey to Guatemala, Minnesota and Italy. She will present to us a model of a restaurant based on ingredients from a local farm, she will take us into a conversion with the Indigenous food lab and finally we will find out how ethnobotany and traditional knowledge can preserve biodiversity. 

Special guests:

• Lola Molina, founder of "El mercadito de Lola", sustainable restaurant based on local food in Guatemala City, Guatemala;
• Armando Medinaceli, indigenous education director at NATIFS, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;
• Andrea Pieroni, professor of ethnobotany and dean at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.

Podcast project manager & host: Valentina Gritti; Music, composition & editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes; Music: "Agua" by Leonardo Prieto; "Niña" by Leonardo Prieto for Son de Aquí.

Useful links:

El mercadito de Lola: https://www.facebook.com/elmercaditodelola/  Indigenous Food Lab: https://www.natifs.org/indigenous-food-lab/ University of Gastronomic Sciences: https://www.unisg.it/  Terra Madre website: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/  The SFYN Patreon page: https://patreon.com/join/slowfoodyouthnetwork/  

 

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The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and the EASME is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

A project by the Slow Food Youth Network

Ciao! Welcome to “Slow Food, the podcast” where we explore the beauty of good, clean, and fair food systems. From the coffee in your cup to the cacao in your chocolate, we uncover the stories of the people who make our food possible. How do different products end up in your shopping basket and who even decides what’s available for you, and at what cost? I’m Valentina Gritti, a Slow Food Youth Network activist, and I’ll be your guide on this journey.

 

We walk side-by-side with farmers, cooks and food workers from around the world who are healing the planet through food. We'll learn from the cultural knowledge of indigenous communities, opening our minds to new ways of thinking about food and the political implications of every meal we eat. But most of all, we’ll give you the tools to slow down your life, allowing you to take charge and make choices that are in tune with your health, and the planet. 

 

At Slow Food, we believe that everyone has a story to tell, something to teach. So come with us and discover the power of food, how we can use it to make connections, build communities and restore the natural world. If you have any questions about the food on your plate, reach out to us on socials or write to us at podcast@slowfood.it and we’ll get back to you. Let’s get on with the show! And if you like what you hear then subscribe and share with your friends!

The indigenous population doesn’t destroy, we’re only looking for conservation, the preservation of the environment. Indigenous people are the biggest protectors of the Earth. That’s us, the indigenous people are the greatest defenders of nature, of animals, of biodiversity, of the waters… All of that is thanks to the indigenous people _ Murilo Juruna

Today, the SFYN Podcast dedicated to Terra Madre 2020 kicks off its ecosystem exploration journey with an episode dedicated to forests and in particular to forest peoples and land rights. The urgency of creating this particular episode is due to the following target set by the Convention on Biological Diversity in the ‘zero-draft’ Global Biodiversity Framework: “By 2030, protect and conserve through a well connected and effective system of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures at least 30% of the planet with the focus on areas particularly important for biodiversity”, so they are suggesting that we increase from 17% (as it is today) to 30% the surface of our planet that will be preserved as a natural reserve.

What you and I may not realize at first glance is that creating natural reserves often means removing the indigenous peoples that are currently living on those lands, who are then forced to move to “somewhere else” which is often not specified by the local authorities.

Interviewees: - Michele Fontefrancesco, assistant professor in Anthropology at UNISG; - Dauro Zocchi PhD researcher at UNISG; - Winnie Kadoshy Sengwer, indigenous Sengwer women from the Embobout forest, Kenya; - Imanul Huda, indigenous leader in the forest area of Kapuas Hulu, in Indonesia; - Murilo Juruna, spokesman for the indigenous Slow Food Juruna community of the Cassava in the Brazilian Amazon (Valorização da Mandioca do Povo Juruna km 30).

Find out more about Terra Madre: www.terramadresalonedelgusto.com Interested in the topic? Join the free Terra Madre Forum "Forest peoples' food systems and the threat of land grabbing" on the 21st November. Register at: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/forest-peoples-food-systems-and-the-threat-of-land-grabbing/ 

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Project manager and podcast host: Valentina Gritti Composition, production and editing: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes Brazilian Percussion: Philip Kukulies Goni: Agustín Fernández  African Ensemble: Kabele bah, Paul Valdivia, Guillermo siliceo, Jorge whaley y Juan Domingo Rogel; maestro Gwagoro Keita. Sound database: Acoustic Ecology Lab @ASU

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What is the European Union doing to preserve biodiversity? Is it a tendency worldwide? 

In this special episode we will dig into three levels: 

- Marta Messa, director of Slow Food Europe, will tell us how the movement is participating to the debate on biodiversity on an institutional level;

- Stefan Leiner, head of the biodiversity unit at the DG for environment at the EU commission, will explain the new legislations regarding biodiversity; 

- Amadé Billesberger, organic farmer at Billesberger Hof  in Bayern Germany, will tell us what biodiversity means on a farm level. 

 

Podcast host: Valentina Gritti

Production & editing: Bra On The Rocks

Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

 

Important: sing the petition to Save Bees and Farmers at this link: https://www.slowfood.com/save-bees-farmers/

 

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In June 2022 Slow Food elected a young and inspiring woman as Secretary General: Marta Messa. Marta is also director of Slow Food Europe, so we asked her our questions about the political power of food in the world and about the upcoming opportunities to achieve a good, clean, and fair food policy in Europe. How can we save the world through food? Why is food so political? Is Europe on the tracks to transition to sustainable food systems or are we going backwards? But also... what is Marta’s favorite winter dish?  Tune in to find out! 

Useful links mentioned in the podcast: - Book: "Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal" : https://markbittman.com/avj - Book: "Oryx and Crake": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake - Podcast: "The Daily" by the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily 

 

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as @MartaMessa. And if you don’t yet follow @slowfoodyouthnetwork on Instagram, time to catch up!

Host: Alice Poiron Production Guest: Marta Messa Post-production: Valentina Gritti Music: Leonardo Prieto

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Today we will listen to another very inspiring Food Talk: the one of Alice Waters. Alice Waters is the vice president of Slow Food International, she is a chef and author, activist for food education and owner of the restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. In 1996 she created the Edible Schoolyard Project, which in over 20 years has contributed to the spread of urban gardening and the value of a healthier food culture among the next generation. According to Alice Waters schools have an enormous potential when it comes to changing the future of the food system: they can choose to create direct relationships with local farmers, commit to buying their products at a fair price for the producer, taking into account the true cost of delivering it from farm to fork, and the hard work of the producers themselves... 

Find the video of the Food Talk on the Terra Madre event's website this link: https://terramadresalonedelgusto.com/en/event/alice-waters-changing-the-food-system-starts-at-school/

 

Podcast host: Valentina Gritti Editing, production & music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

 

Reserve your copy of the #discosoupcookbook now: a collection of 100 recipes with food scraps, leftovers and traditional preservation methods from all over the world https://igg.me/at/SFYN-cookbook/x#/

 

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[Episodio en español] En "Voices from the roots", los narradores indígenas les llevarán a Kenya, Zambia, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Kirguistán, Uganda y muchos otros países, para conocer sus comunidades, visitar sus casas, escuchar sus sueños y logros personales. 

Hoy seguimos con otro episodio dedicado a los jóvenes indígenas de nuestra red, escuchando el relato de Yolotzin Bravo, en Chiapas, México y Zarasisa Wacamaya en Cañar, Ecuador. Ellas nos van a contar historias sobre la cosmogonía que han sido transmitidas en sus comunidades de generación en generación. Yolotzin en particular nos va a platicar sobre el origen de la milpa en Chiapas y Oaxaca, dos estados de México. Zarasisa, por otro lado, nos va a narrar una historia tradicional muy especial de cómo nació su comunidad, el pueblo Cañari. 

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Host y producción: Valentina Gritti

Música: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes