The commitment of East Lombardy, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2017 to promote its gastronomic heritage took on a delicious twist at...
MoreRecord Turnout as Thailand Hosts 4th UNWTO Global Forum on Gastronomy Tourism
IGCAT Experts Jacinta Dalton, Roberta Garibaldi and Jutamas Wisansing were among the 475 delegates from 52 countries in attendance for the 4th...
MoreConsolidating visions for a better future
IGCAT and the European Region of Gastronomy Platform consolidate their vision for a better future. With the aim of stimulating engaging...
MoreGalway-West of Ireland starring on national television
Landscape and local producers from Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 were featured in Ireland’s RTÉ national television...
MoreEU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
The world’s most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to...
MoreEU to scrutinise organic food supply chain in response to growth in fraudulent claims
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is to carry out an audit of organic food in the EU in response to growing retail sales within the sector that...
MoreLand grabbing: An urgent issue for indigenous peoples around the world
About 2.5 billion people around the globe, including 370 million indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used, and...
MoreAfrica Food Prize opens 2018 nominations
The Africa Food Prize has announced the commencement of the search for the 2018 Africa Food Prize Winner. This is a distinguished award that...
MoreReclaiming our cities, starting from food
Over half the world’s people now lives in cities, an extraordinary statistic given that in 1900, just over a century ago, only 10% of the...
MoreTerra Madre Day 2017: serving solutions to tackle climate change
Each year on Slow Food’s anniversary, December 10, the global Slow Food network celebrates Terra Madre Day to promote local eating, agricultural...
MoreOp-Ed: Mind the (food) gap
By the middle of this century, the world’s farmers will have another 2.4-billion mouths to feed, half of which will be in Africa. But if we only...
MoreYoung Chefs take the spotlight
International press coverage of the European Young Chef Award 2017 has been huge. The competition held last 6 November in Sant Pol de Mar...
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