Carlo Petrini, the internationally lauded Italian founder of the Slow Food movement, is on a mission. He envisions a future where no one goes hungry, where land ownership is fair, and where growers’ traditional crops become prized foodstuffs for nations of gastronomes. He lays out the reasons — and the
Around the globe, Peruvian cuisine is bang on trend, tantalizing international taste buds and drawing the attentions of enthusiastic foodies and food industry professionals alike. As a reflection of the blessings it can being to the gourmet’s table, for the past three years in a row, Peru has been crowned
Minho and Catalunya launched their programs for 2016 when they will hold the title European Region of Gastronomy, at an event held at ExpoMilan 2015. Francisco de Calhieros presented Minho’s programme and emphasied how the award has helped them to convince competitive towns to collaborate together and builda regional identity. Patrick Torrent,
Galway was officially announced as a candidate to become designated European Region of Gastronomy 2018 last Tuesday at a stakeholder briefing attended by in excess of 100 participants in the Galway Bay Hotel.The briefing was addressed by a number of key speakers and included a workshop which will inform Galway’s
The 6th partner meeting of European Region of Gastronomy Platform, organized by IGCAT and hosted by the University of Bergamo, Italy took place on 30 September and 1 October 2015. Twenty colleagues from 9 founder regions attended the meeting and reported on activities being developed in each region as well in collaboration with each
The four Irish finalists of the 2015 European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) Awards are today joining Fáilte Ireland to demonstrate Ireland’s food appeal to the Italian media at EXPO Milan 2015.The Burren Food Trail, the So Sligo Food Trail, the Cong Food Village and the producers of the West Waterford
When former chef Adam Smith opened a small cafe in Britain’s industrial north two years ago, serving up dishes with food destined for the scrap heap, he had big aspirations: To fight global food waste. “From day one I set out to feed the world and I intend to do that,”
The European Region of Gastronomy 2017 award ceremony took place during the European Commission’s Food Tourism Week at Expo Milan 2015. The ceremony which was hosted by DG Growth was opened by Silvia Draghi, Head of Policy for the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Mauro Paroloni, Lombardy Regional Commissioner and Dr.Diane
According to Huffingpost Travel, there’s no doubt that street art has been experiencing a cultural rebirth in Europe. In the past,many referred to graffiti as the ugly duck of the arts. Back in the day it was considered a kind of vandalism that made cities dirtier and belittled their prestige,
Expo 2015 is a Universal Exposition being hosted by Milan, Italia using the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for life, the global event reached almost 9 million visitors in its first 3 first months and is expected to attract more than 20 million visitors from 01 May 2015 to 31
Roberta Garibaldi, IGCAT Board Member and Director of CeSTIT, Study Center on Tourism of the University of Bergamo introduces Food and Tourism: a winning match, a workshop that takes take place Saturday 26 September organised by No Frills in Milan-Bergamo(Italy). Dr Garibaldi introduces some considerations, best practices and data about food and
Minho and Catalunya launched their programs for 2016 when they will hold the title European Region of Gastronomy, at an event held for the SEDEC Commission of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Yoomi Renström, Chair of the SEDEC Committee (The Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and
Global Travel have published a guide where you can find some interesting tips to add “extra green” to your journey. “Just because we love traveling doesn’t mean that we have to stop paying attention to our environmental footprint while we’re on the road. Sure, it may be a bit easier at home, where
According to SUMOFUS….the active ingredient in the world’s most widely used weed killer, Monsanto’s Roundup, has just been classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization. The evidence against glyphosate, the dangerous ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is mounting and the bio-tech giant is furiously scrambling to discredit
Artsy is a website with its mission is to make all of the world’s art accessible to every people with an Internet connection. Like a bridge with its growing database of 300,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 40,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works, and includes the
After a short break in August, IGCAT is getting back to work with renewed energy and is pleased to introduce you its new international team, selected to continue, to improve and to build current and new projects. The most important appointment is the new Deputy Director Davinia Galea who will principally be in
