Fortunate timing and luck brought central Illinois native Lyndsi Baker to Paris and her work with La Tablée des Chefs, an upstart food recovery and redistribution agency that also promotes culinary education and healthy eating, particularly with at-risk students. She and a number of volunteers from La Tablée des Chefs
According to Dr Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), the continent needs to adopt the “development state” model currently seen in Ethiopia and Rwanda, “which have been central to the process of accelerated economic growth and transformation of any country”. Dr Lopes was
Aarhus’s time has come. It will be joint European Capital of Culture in 2017 along with Paphos, in Cyprus, and European Region of Gastronomy 2017 along with Riga-Gauja (Latvia) and East Lombardy (Italy). The docks are already being transformed by new cultural venues such as Dokk1 and the dramatic Iceberg
Rhodes 2021, one of the pre-selected cities to hold the title European Capital of Culture (ECoC) has a strong bid team headed by Aliki Moschis-Gauguet and supported by IGCAT experts, Robert Palmer and Diane Dodd. From 30 March – 2 April 2016, IGCAT led the bid team through a complete review
IGCAT is an international network of experts in the fields of culture, arts, tourism and gastronomy. Collectively, we aim to empower local communities by guiding, facilitating and supporting leaders in cities, regions and cultural projects to understand the potential of their distinct food, culture, arts and sustainable tourism assets. Ultimately,
A-i-R Wro is a long-term and interdisciplinary artist-in-residence programme established under the auspices of the European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016. Based on a collaboration of local and foreign partners it aims to create an international platform that will enable artists, curators, animators, managers, organisations and institutions to cooperate and
In December 2015, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named Tucson, Arizona, as City of Gastronomy in the Creative Cities Network. It is the first city in the U.S. to receive this designation, that means that they are part of a Creative Cities Network of 116 cities
Since genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have evolved to be a top consumer food issue, five major food corporations are on board to label it. This big step is thanks to the state of Vermont, which has essentially boxed big food companies into a corner after the stated passed legislation requiring
The Peruvian Gastronomy Society (APEGA) has launched a digital platform named “El Gran Mercado” to connect farmers with buyers. In this way, farmers and producer can offer their crops to potential buyers. The platform already counts on 42 producers. In a interview by El comercio Apega has said “Since it came into operation,
The 7th partner meeting of European Region of Gastronomy Platform, organised by IGCAT and hosted by the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, in the region of North Brabant, in the Netherlands took place from 16 March to 18 March. The meeting gathered 19 colleagues representing the 9 founder regions, where they approved
Dubrovnik is one of the shortlisted candidates for European Capital of Culture about to go before the jury this week. It is also now the centre of the universe as its has been turned into a film set for the next edition of Star Wars. Far more interesting for us
Francisco de Calheiros, Coordinator of Minho IN, the consortium named European Region of Gastronomy 2016, kicked of the year with an appearance on TV1 Portugal. Francisco de Calheiros who has also been named Ambassador for the European Region of Gastronomy, was invited to TV 1 Portugal to talk about the
The title of European Region of Gastronomy 2018 was recommended to be given to two bidding regions, Galway – West of Ireland and North Brabant (Netherlands). On Thursday 17 March 2016 at the Province House of Den Bosch. The international jury comprising of IGCAT experts was presided by Prof. Dr
IGCAT and the European Region of Gastronomy participated in the EUROCITIES Culture Forum conference ‘Art & Imagination: Eventfulness: sharing the heritage of Jheronimus Bosch’. Executive Director of IGCAT Diane Dodd formed part of the panel of speakers which included Karel Bartak, Head of the Creative Europe unit at the European
The Ekasi Project Green is an urban farming project run by young people from Cape Town. The project promotes a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition so everyone can be more aware about the food they eat. The project aims to create a space where young people can be creative while
The Art Course: Clay Meal is an artist symposium related to gastronomy and art created and organized by Creativity Mecca, which is a Latvia based NGO established to support creative expression and cultural experience. This year they are having the 1st international symposium, which will have 17 artists from all around
