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HomeTag: Slow food

IGCAT’s Food Film Menu 2024 screened at Slow Food’s Terra Madre

IGCAT’s Food Film Menu 2024 screened at Slow Food’s Terra Madre
29 September 2024

14 amazing food stories from across the globe have delighted an international audience at Slow Food’s Terra Madre – Salone del Gusto event in...

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We Want A Strong Sustainable Food Systems Law, Now

We Want A Strong Sustainable Food Systems Law, Now
28 June 2023

More and more voices are rising across Europe to demand the EU for sustainable, healthy and affordable food. The EU Sustainable Food Systems Law...

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Safeguarding biodiversity in collaboration with Slow Food

Safeguarding biodiversity in collaboration with Slow Food
30 March 2023

In support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, IGCAT ́s World Regions of Gastronomy not only have great culinary assets but they are also...

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IGCAT and Slow Food join forces to support sustainable food futures

IGCAT and Slow Food join forces to support sustainable food futures
16 December 2022

IGCAT and Slow Food have joined forces to support the safeguard and promotion of cultural, food and biodiversity. This new collaboration was...

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Aseer 2024 is the first World Region of Gastronomy

Aseer 2024 is the first World Region of Gastronomy
26 September 2022

The Aseer region (Saudi Arabia) has been officially awarded the title of World Region of Gastronomy 2024 by the International Institute of...

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Pesticides in the EU: A Creeping Costly Venom

Pesticides in the EU: A Creeping Costly Venom
16 December 2021

In November, three organizations, Pollinis, Le Basic and Terre Solidaire jointly published a shocking study about the hidden socio-economical...

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To make good, healthy cheese you need natural, diverse meadows

To make good, healthy cheese you need natural, diverse meadows
20 September 2021

In Italy stable meadows are disappearing through the abandonment of the countryside and soil consumption. Across Europe they occupy a surface area...

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Killer Pesticides Decimating Bee Populations in Brazil

Killer Pesticides Decimating Bee Populations in Brazil
11 September 2019

New reports from beekeepers say that the first months of 2019 have seen losses of 400 million bees in the state of Rio Grande do Sul alone, as...

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Slow Food in the Nordic Countries: strenghtening a regional coalition

Slow Food in the Nordic Countries: strenghtening a regional coalition
20 March 2019

Regional cooperation between the convivia of the Nordic Countries started in 2009 and has come a long way in the past 10 years. The most visible...

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Climate change: indigenous peoples in danger

Climate change: indigenous peoples in danger
28 December 2018

In this Forum, indigenous delegates from the Slow Fish network came together to discuss the various effects that climate change is already having...

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Land grabbing: An urgent issue for indigenous peoples around the world

Land grabbing: An urgent issue for indigenous peoples around the world
31 January 2018

About 2.5 billion people around the globe, including 370 million indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used, and...

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Reclaiming our cities, starting from food

Reclaiming our cities, starting from food
19 January 2018

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...

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Joan Roca

Joan Roca is founder and head chef of 3-Michelin-starred restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and was named World Best Chef in 2017 and 2018.

FOOD FILM MENU

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Robert Oliver

Robert Oliver is founder of television media-led movement “Pacific Island Food Revolution” promoting local and healthy eating in the South Pacific.

WORLD FOOD GIFT CHALLENGE

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Ana Roš

Ana Roš is head chef and co-owner of 3-Michelin-starred restaurant Hiša Franko and was named World Best Female Chef in 2017.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Ramon Sentmartí

Managing Director of PRODECA, key stakeholder and supporter of Catalonia, World Region of Gastronomy 2025.

EUROPEAN REGION OF GASTRONOMY AMBASSADOR

Robert Palmer

Expert consultant in the cultural sector and former Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage at the Council of Europe.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Blanca Cros i Moll

Expert in tourism and Head of European Programmes & International Relations at the Catalan Tourist Board.

EUROPEAN REGION OF GASTRONOMY AMBASSADOR

Francisco de Calheiros

Minho IN aims to create synergies with other areas that share the same views on competitiveness and economic development.

IGCAT AMBASSADOR IN CATALONIA 2025

Lluís Serra

Director of EUHT StPOL, the inspiration behind the European Young Chef Award and supporter of the first two editions in Catalonia.

IGCAT HONORARY AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH AEGEAN 2019

George Hatzimarkos

Governor of South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy 2019 and a strong supporter of local culinary and cultural heritage.

IGCAT HONORARY AMBASSADOR

Votausi Mackenzie-Reur

Chairlady of Regenerative Vanua with over 30 years experience in empowering and inspiring local communities in Vanuatu to make good food choices.

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