Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             India, Kenya and the United States represented in the Slow Food International Presidency 12 Nov 07 - Sloweb The Fifth International Slow Food Congress closed today with powerful words from its founder and leader Carlo Petrini who announced two major pieces of news concerning the association, founded in 1986, and Terra Madre, the third edition of which will be held in 2008. “One can’t always become sentimental when hearing youth speak out, demand equal rights for women or assert that farmers are at the heart of our association, and then not follow this declaration through with action”, declared Petrini. “It is also just that our leadership passes into new hands, individuals who represent the future evolution of Slow food and who will bring new lifeblood to the association.” Petrini nominated three new Vice Presidents at the end of his closing address to the Congress. Alice Waters from Slow Food USA was reinstated and joined by Indian activist and scientist Vandana Shiva and Kenyan student John Kariuki Mwangi. The twenty year old student of the University of Gastronomic Sciences received great applause from the audience of 500 delegates. “The next four years will be fantastic, enjoyable, interesting and full of new projects developing out of this evolution of Slow Food and its recent growth in areas such as South America, Africa and Asia,” Petrini declared. “Also here in Mexico, leadership must be passed into the hands of the people who we speak about so often, without always giving them the opportunity to make decisions. We must also ensure we develop an approach which is not Eurocentric,” continued the President, who then nominated Alma Rosa Garces from the Villahermosa food community in Tabasco as the new coordinator of the Mexican association. The second significant news brought by Petrini concerns Terra Madre, the world meeting of food communities that is held in Torino every other year. “Our first edition of Terra Madre brought together farmers from all around the world. The second edition expanded this network by including cooks and university researchers and our next edition in 2008 will diversify further to become the biggest folk festival ever organized with musicians from food communities.” Petrini also announced that “a meeting of young people, universities and farmers from all around the world will be held concurrently with Terra Madre”.   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     United States - 01 Sep 10     Eataly in New York     The philosophy and campaigns promoted by Slow Food over the past twenty years to strengthen regional, tasty and sustainable food, and reconnect consumers with the origin of their food, have...           News archive     Brazil - 17 Aug 10     Gastromotiva     Terra Madre chef and Slow Food convivium empower disadvantaged youth to enter culinary careers ...     Russia - 16 Aug 10     Biodiversity Hangs in the Balance     Slow Food joins the protest against destruction of Europe’s largest repository of rare fruit ...     United Kingdom - 13 Aug 10     Food Justice     Slow Food UK praises social justice report’s call for action ...     Philippines - 10 Aug 10     Against the Grain     The Indigenous Taguibong people in the Philippines continue to practice the traditional rice threshing and milling methods of their ancestors ...     Georgia - 05 Aug 10     Meeting in the Birthplace of the Vine     First Terra Madre Georgia held with a focus on wine and small producers ...     Italy - 03 Aug 10     Strengthening the Indigenous Voice     Slow Food enters into a partnership to advocate for indigenous groups around the world ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab