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Diane Dodd

A Food Truck to showcase East Lombardy’s specialties

As part of East Lombardy – European Region of Gastronomy 2017, a food truck with East Lombardy’s patronage gave the opportunity to many visitors at Mercatanti in Fiera to discover typical food from Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona and Mantua. East Lombardy – European Region of Gastronomy 2017 is a project featuring the enhancement of quality local food

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World News
Diane Dodd

World Food Day: Reaffirm effort to achieve “zero hunger”

October 16 is set to be observed as World Food Day, commemorating the founding day of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation in 1945. World Food Day is observed to reaffirm efforts towards ‘zero hunger’ as a global goal. A press note from the Director of Agriculture, Nagaland

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Award Ceremony of Minho, European Region of Gastronomy 2016, Open Days, Brussels
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Diane Dodd

MINHO 2016 brings competing municipalities together

Minho, European Region of Gastronomy 2016 came under the spotlight during Brussels Open Days on 12 October 2016. A special reception was held to celebrate the award, hosted by the Confraria Gastronómica do Sarrabulho and presided by Francisco de Calheiros,Ambassador for Minho 216 and coordinator of Consórcio MINHO IN Anja

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Diane Dodd

Sustainable Food Week kicks off with National Food Day and public lecture

Appalachian State University (US) , in partnership with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, will present Sustainable Food Week Oct. 24-29. The campus community and the public are invited to participate in both on- and off-campus events throughout the week, beginning with Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan’s public keynote, “Conservation You Can Taste,”

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World News
Diane Dodd

Novi Sad declared the European Capital of Culture 2021

Novi Sad has been named one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2021. Novi Sad and Timisoara, Romania, will in November be joined by a city in Greece – Eleusis, Kalamata or Rhodes. After the final presentation of the project “Novi Sad 2021”, which on Thursday held in

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World News
Diane Dodd

SumOfUs new sign petition: This is in your food!

The global movement of consumers, investor and workers around the world, SumOfUs, has launched a new sign petition campaign that has the main objective to ask the EU to protect the food safety of the continent. According to SumOfUS, leaked EU documents show that big corporations have seized control of

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Diane Dodd

Better care for worker, environment essential for sustainable agriculture

Treating farm workers better and protecting the environment efficiently are the bases for providing the world with sustainable agriculture in the future, and a new set of standards with international certification has been designed to make sure that happens. The executive director of the Sustainable Agriculture Network, or SAN, the

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Diane Dodd

People need affordable food – Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

FOOD and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva has said that declining prices could thwart international efforts to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty unless steps are taken to guarantee decent incomes and livelihoods for small-scale producers. Globally, food prices are believed to be back to their long-term downward

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Diane Dodd

Armenian hosts the 38th Plenary Session of the UNWTO affiliate members

The 38th Plenary Session of the UNWTO Affiliate Members took place in Yerevan, Armenia between 1 and 4 October. The meeting discussed the latest tourism trends, public-private collaboration and promoting good practices in the sector. The event was held in parallel with the  43rd UNWTO Affiliate Members Board meeting, which

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Diane Dodd

Canadian books and authors to be celebrated

The Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 Committee (CanadaFBM2020), formed by associations representing Canadian-owned book publishers, the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) and Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL), and supported by export associations Livres Canada Books and Québec Edition, applauds Canada’s acceptance of the invitation to be Guest of Honour

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World News
Diane Dodd

Globalization having little effect on food choices

Walk through the produce aisle in a grocery store nearly anywhere in North America, and you are likely to find imported fruits and vegetables alongside numerous domestic favorites. While the variety of foods available is striking, diets of people living in temperate areas are still considerably less diverse than those

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Last-Chance Tourism Creates Paradox For Environmental Tourists

Many travellers have recently added another site to visit to their bucket list: Australia’s renowned Great Barrier Reef. Their motivation behind wanting to see this landmark stems from the wish to “see it before it is gone,” a notion now recognized as “last-chance tourism.” Last-chance tourism is a phenomenon that

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Strategy to create broader cultural vision for Dublin

A five-year cultural strategy for Dublin is to be launched by the city council today. Based on work carried out for the unsuccessful bid to become European Capital of Culture, the new strategy aspires to a broader, more ambitious and all-encompassing vision of culture in the capital. Dublin was knocked

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Diane Dodd

Rich in traditions – the Simjūds Fair – will take place in Valmiera

On October 8, the city of Valmiera (Latvia) will host the famous Simjūds Fair, showcasing Latvia’s cultural traditions. Food, craftsmanship, typical music and dances will accompany visitors all day long, tickling all their senses. Valmiera is part of the Rīga-Gauja Region, selected as European Region of Gastronmy, 2017. Therefore, with

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