This year the Terra Madre Forums will be expanding. The forums are a well-established format, organized to broaden perspectives on the world of food. The participants are members of the Slow Food network—producers from the food communities and Presidia, chefs, activists and experts—who will be discussing issues linked to agriculture, diet, sustainability, biodiversity and production models. What’s new at this year’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto As well as the “classic” forums, open to large numbers of participants and based on topics like climate change, agroecology, GMOs, food waste and much more, the innovation in 2018 will be the thematic forums. Their “streamlined” formula is intended for a smaller number of people, and they are designed to keep the focus on certain specific issues, which will be explored in an in-depth, multi-faceted way. What are they about? Find out for each theme: Slow Meat The Slow Meat forums will be focusing on quality livestock farming, animal welfare, the importance of protecting biodiversity and native breeds and the problems caused by factory farms. Attention will also be paid to the topic of food choices and awareness-raising campaigns that aim to emphasize the importance of more conscious eating habits. Slow Fish The Slow Fish forums will be giving space to the relationship between the seas and the environment—from microplastic pollution to the risks generated by the overheating of the world’s oceans—as well as ocean grabbing and the challenges facing traditional fishing communities, the environmental damage caused by salmon and shrimp farming and certification schemes in the seafood sector. Seeds The forums dedicated to seeds will be exploring rural seeds, the role of farmers who act as custodians of traditional knowledge and skills, the many types of food garden (school, urban, the Slow Food gardens in Africa) and soil fertility. There will also be more targeted meetings on spices, oilseeds and their properties and historic gardens that preserve heirloom varieties of fruits like apples, figs, bananas and oranges Bees and insects The forums on bees and insects will look at the strong link between agricultural models and the well-being of bees, different apiculture models, different types of bee (black, stingless, etc.), honeys, the importance of insects to agriculture and insects as a “new” food source Food and health The food and health forums will explore the impact of our food choices on our bodies and the consequences of widespread pesticide and antibiotic use in farming. They will also look at salt, sugar and fat and the differences between industrial and artisanal products—which can we choose and how can we consume them to minimize the risks to our health? 20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval The Unnatural Age: History, Landscape, Ecology – Lingua Madre 2018The discourse on the emergencies—both environmental and social—that are currently developing cannot disregard a reconnection and a dialog between nature and culture, between scientific knowledge and the imagination, between practice and poetry. Artistic and literary production, particularly by women, is […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Azzurra/Azure Room Plant more flowers for the Bees!Agricultural farms have become food deserts for bees and pollinators in general. Farmland is often dominated by one or two plant species, devoid of flowers for most of the year and contaminated with pesticides. To save the bees from extinction […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Where is Organic Farming Headed?Since the 1980s, the amount of land dedicated to organic farming has increased steadily and organic farms are getting bigger. In the last decade, organic chain stores have multiplied and certified organic products have become increasingly available from large-scale distributors. […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Fighting Food Waste with Intelligence and CreativityAccording to estimates from the FAO, one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste. Table scraps are only the final step in a long chain of waste that begins in the fields and continues through warehouses and supermarkets. […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Antibiotic Resistance: A New Health EmergencyMost antibiotics found on the market are not for humans, but are sold to intensive animal farms. These antibiotics are used on these farms to prevent or treat the many diseases that affect animals due to poor sanitation, overcrowding and […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food Design and Innovative youth projectsWe’re bringing fresh air to the debate with these unique and original projects from the youth of Slow Food! Come in with an open and curious mind, dive into the topics and we can assure that you will leave full […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 Nuts and Oil SeedsAlmonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, and even sunflower, flax, sesame, and pumpkin seeds, oil seeds are found throughout the world. A small handful a day is enough to enrich our diet with beneficial elements, such as vitamins, proteins, and minerals. We will […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Meat – Oval Quality Farming – ChickensChicken that we buy in supermarkets is raised intensively, grown quickly and was slaughtered at 35-60 days old, while for free-range traditional chickens it’s necessary to wait at least 4 months. What parameters identify quality farming in the case of […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Fish – Pad. 2/Pav. 2 Salmon Treated like ChickenSalmon is available in every season and every supermarket, but take a look at the label: Almost all of the salmon that we find in the market is farm raised. Salmon farming is by no means sustainable. Why not? First, […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Food For Change: grow a climate-friendly futureAgriculture is simultaneously one of the main causes of climate change and one of its most sensitive and vulnerable victims. Most importantly, agriculture can still be one of the solutions. For Slow Food, the strong connection between climate change and […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room What the Label Doesn’t Tell YouLabels are very important for ‘deciphering’ the food we buy. However, to fully understand labels, it is often necessary to read between the lines. Many labels don’t provide the whole picture: Information may be left out, or deceptive information added, […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Azzurra/Azure Room From Field to Restaurant, Power to the Women!Women select and store seeds, cultivate gardens, identify and harvest wild herbs, transform raw ingredients, and prepare daily meals. Yet, even today, women have less access to resources and opportunities than men. Everywhere, and especially in the Global South, there […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food as Driving Force for IntegrationStarting from food, intended as an engine of integration, is of fundamental importance for building the current and future resilience of migrant communities in Italy and in Europe. The sharing of food, in terms of production, processing, and consumption, limits […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Api e insetti/ Bees and Insects – Pad./Pav. 1 High-Altitude HoneyHigh-altitude beekeeping is an important resource for fragile mountain economies. This practice involves following bees’ seasonal migration, moving their hives to habitats higher than 1,200 meters above sea level during the summer. At these higher altitudes, bees pollinate plants and […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Poison on the PlateFor many years now, synthetic chemicals have been invading our food and every aspect of our daily lives Pesticides are spread in the fields, then make their way to our table in the fruit and vegetables we eat. Our food […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 Where do Spices Come From?Though interest in the origin of ingredients has grown in recent years, there is still a category that has yet to gain attention of the “localvores,” despite its essential contribution to the flavor of food. We are talking, of course, […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Meat – Oval Is Agriculture Possible without Animal Farming?Animal and plant agriculture developed together over 12,000 years ago. Man had always cultivated the land using fertilizer derived from animal waste, however industrial agriculture has broken this link with the introduction of chemical fertilizers. How will the relation be […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Fish – Pad. 2/Pav. 2 Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples in DangerThe harmful effects of climate change on marine ecosystems are increasing at an alarming rate. Traditional fishing communities are among the first victims. These communities have always operated in harmony with the environment, but are now suffering due to the […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Oval - SFYN Booth Rural Youth Networks and platforms: an international exchange of examples and best practicesCross your borders and meet up with leaders and activists of Rural Youth Networks and platforms from all over the world. The only mindset you need is to be curious and open for surprises. This way you will discover the […]20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval The Mediterranean, a Unifying SeaThere are many keys to interpreting “Mare Nostrum.” One is food and the relationship between different yet similar gastronomic cultures. This is what we’ll be discussing at this event which inaugurates the fourth International Festival of Mediterranean Cooking, an initiative […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Slow Food Travel – travelling according to Slow FoodEvery territory contains traditions, tastes, and artisanal practices who can contribute to the uniqueness of sustainable tourism offers in rural areas. Simultaneously, if correctly implemented, rural tourism can nurture origin-linked artisan food production chains. This forums explore some of the […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Shortening the Supply ChainThe names vary—GAS in Italy, AMAP in France, CSA in the USA, GASAP in Belgium—but the idea is the same: Groups of farmers and citizens who make a pact to support, clean, local, community-driven agricultural systems. Then there are farmers’ […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Pod 2 – Oval Beyond the CAP: working toward a common food policyThe EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is unable to cope with social tensions—in fact it often heightens them. Numbers of farmers and farms have decreased dramatically, the emphasis on productivity has led to a decline in biodiversity, and young people […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Slow Cheese: In Defense of Raw MilkAt Cheese 2017, Slow Food launched the worldwide network of raw milk cheese producers, with the aim of creating an international community that could confront common challenges and share solutions. Raw milk is illegal in many countries, and denominations of […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Origin, Diversity and Territories: Perspective on Territories in TransitionThe Forum ‘Origin, Diversity and Territories‘ brings together a global panel of stakeholders, all engaged in new ways of thinking and doing development. This knowledge sharing platform explores new ways of thinking and doing development, where the identity, the origin, the quality […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food as a motor of peace, of local development and of contrast to the crisisWorld food production and distribution systems have great paradoxes. However, food increasingly becomes a central point for the construction of concrete, sustainable and equitable development alternatives for producers in Southern Countries who are in conditions of margins due to different […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Oval - SFYN Booth The SFYN Food Academy: accelerating food transitionsOur planet is facing huge challenges. Improvements to our food system won’t do the job anymore: we need to make a fundamental change. But how do you change a system? In this talk, SFYN Academy-coördinator gives an introduction in transitions […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Api e insetti/ Bees and Insects – Pad./Pav. 1 Mead: The Drink of the GodsMead, obtained from the alcoholic fermentation of honey, is considered one of the oldest beverages in the world, with over 15,000 years of history. At Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, we will compare the mead of producers from Poland (Polish […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Food, Health and Spirituality“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” In the 5th century BC, Hippocrates of Cos laid the foundations of a new medicine,based not only on empiricism, but also on knowledge of the body, a connection with nature […]21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 School GardensIn Berkeley, California, in the mid-nineties, the famous chef and activist Alice Waters conceived and cultivated Slow Food’s first school garden. Since then, school gardens in the Slow Food network have flourished everywhere, there are over 500 in Italy, more […]1 2 3 4 Next »Tutti gli eventi
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval The Unnatural Age: History, Landscape, Ecology – Lingua Madre 2018The discourse on the emergencies—both environmental and social—that are currently developing cannot disregard a reconnection and a dialog between nature and culture, between scientific knowledge and the imagination, between practice and poetry. Artistic and literary production, particularly by women, is […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Azzurra/Azure Room Plant more flowers for the Bees!Agricultural farms have become food deserts for bees and pollinators in general. Farmland is often dominated by one or two plant species, devoid of flowers for most of the year and contaminated with pesticides. To save the bees from extinction […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Where is Organic Farming Headed?Since the 1980s, the amount of land dedicated to organic farming has increased steadily and organic farms are getting bigger. In the last decade, organic chain stores have multiplied and certified organic products have become increasingly available from large-scale distributors. […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Fighting Food Waste with Intelligence and CreativityAccording to estimates from the FAO, one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste. Table scraps are only the final step in a long chain of waste that begins in the fields and continues through warehouses and supermarkets. […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Antibiotic Resistance: A New Health EmergencyMost antibiotics found on the market are not for humans, but are sold to intensive animal farms. These antibiotics are used on these farms to prevent or treat the many diseases that affect animals due to poor sanitation, overcrowding and […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food Design and Innovative youth projectsWe’re bringing fresh air to the debate with these unique and original projects from the youth of Slow Food! Come in with an open and curious mind, dive into the topics and we can assure that you will leave full […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 Nuts and Oil SeedsAlmonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, and even sunflower, flax, sesame, and pumpkin seeds, oil seeds are found throughout the world. A small handful a day is enough to enrich our diet with beneficial elements, such as vitamins, proteins, and minerals. We will […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Meat – Oval Quality Farming – ChickensChicken that we buy in supermarkets is raised intensively, grown quickly and was slaughtered at 35-60 days old, while for free-range traditional chickens it’s necessary to wait at least 4 months. What parameters identify quality farming in the case of […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Fish – Pad. 2/Pav. 2 Salmon Treated like ChickenSalmon is available in every season and every supermarket, but take a look at the label: Almost all of the salmon that we find in the market is farm raised. Salmon farming is by no means sustainable. Why not? First, […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Food For Change: grow a climate-friendly futureAgriculture is simultaneously one of the main causes of climate change and one of its most sensitive and vulnerable victims. Most importantly, agriculture can still be one of the solutions. For Slow Food, the strong connection between climate change and […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room What the Label Doesn’t Tell YouLabels are very important for ‘deciphering’ the food we buy. However, to fully understand labels, it is often necessary to read between the lines. Many labels don’t provide the whole picture: Information may be left out, or deceptive information added, […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Azzurra/Azure Room From Field to Restaurant, Power to the Women!Women select and store seeds, cultivate gardens, identify and harvest wild herbs, transform raw ingredients, and prepare daily meals. Yet, even today, women have less access to resources and opportunities than men. Everywhere, and especially in the Global South, there […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food as Driving Force for IntegrationStarting from food, intended as an engine of integration, is of fundamental importance for building the current and future resilience of migrant communities in Italy and in Europe. The sharing of food, in terms of production, processing, and consumption, limits […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Api e insetti/ Bees and Insects – Pad./Pav. 1 High-Altitude HoneyHigh-altitude beekeeping is an important resource for fragile mountain economies. This practice involves following bees’ seasonal migration, moving their hives to habitats higher than 1,200 meters above sea level during the summer. At these higher altitudes, bees pollinate plants and […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Poison on the PlateFor many years now, synthetic chemicals have been invading our food and every aspect of our daily lives Pesticides are spread in the fields, then make their way to our table in the fruit and vegetables we eat. Our food […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 Where do Spices Come From?Though interest in the origin of ingredients has grown in recent years, there is still a category that has yet to gain attention of the “localvores,” despite its essential contribution to the flavor of food. We are talking, of course, […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Meat – Oval Is Agriculture Possible without Animal Farming?Animal and plant agriculture developed together over 12,000 years ago. Man had always cultivated the land using fertilizer derived from animal waste, however industrial agriculture has broken this link with the introduction of chemical fertilizers. How will the relation be […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Slow Fish – Pad. 2/Pav. 2 Climate Change: Indigenous Peoples in DangerThe harmful effects of climate change on marine ecosystems are increasing at an alarming rate. Traditional fishing communities are among the first victims. These communities have always operated in harmony with the environment, but are now suffering due to the […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Oval - SFYN Booth Rural Youth Networks and platforms: an international exchange of examples and best practicesCross your borders and meet up with leaders and activists of Rural Youth Networks and platforms from all over the world. The only mindset you need is to be curious and open for surprises. This way you will discover the […]
20 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval The Mediterranean, a Unifying SeaThere are many keys to interpreting “Mare Nostrum.” One is food and the relationship between different yet similar gastronomic cultures. This is what we’ll be discussing at this event which inaugurates the fourth International Festival of Mediterranean Cooking, an initiative […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Slow Food Travel – travelling according to Slow FoodEvery territory contains traditions, tastes, and artisanal practices who can contribute to the uniqueness of sustainable tourism offers in rural areas. Simultaneously, if correctly implemented, rural tourism can nurture origin-linked artisan food production chains. This forums explore some of the […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Shortening the Supply ChainThe names vary—GAS in Italy, AMAP in France, CSA in the USA, GASAP in Belgium—but the idea is the same: Groups of farmers and citizens who make a pact to support, clean, local, community-driven agricultural systems. Then there are farmers’ […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Pod 2 – Oval Beyond the CAP: working toward a common food policyThe EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is unable to cope with social tensions—in fact it often heightens them. Numbers of farmers and farms have decreased dramatically, the emphasis on productivity has led to a decline in biodiversity, and young people […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Blu/Blue Room Slow Cheese: In Defense of Raw MilkAt Cheese 2017, Slow Food launched the worldwide network of raw milk cheese producers, with the aim of creating an international community that could confront common challenges and share solutions. Raw milk is illegal in many countries, and denominations of […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Sala Rossa/Red Room Origin, Diversity and Territories: Perspective on Territories in TransitionThe Forum ‘Origin, Diversity and Territories‘ brings together a global panel of stakeholders, all engaged in new ways of thinking and doing development. This knowledge sharing platform explores new ways of thinking and doing development, where the identity, the origin, the quality […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Arena di Terra Madre / Terra Madre Arena – Oval Food as a motor of peace, of local development and of contrast to the crisisWorld food production and distribution systems have great paradoxes. However, food increasingly becomes a central point for the construction of concrete, sustainable and equitable development alternatives for producers in Southern Countries who are in conditions of margins due to different […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Oval - SFYN Booth The SFYN Food Academy: accelerating food transitionsOur planet is facing huge challenges. Improvements to our food system won’t do the job anymore: we need to make a fundamental change. But how do you change a system? In this talk, SFYN Academy-coördinator gives an introduction in transitions […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Api e insetti/ Bees and Insects – Pad./Pav. 1 Mead: The Drink of the GodsMead, obtained from the alcoholic fermentation of honey, is considered one of the oldest beverages in the world, with over 15,000 years of history. At Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, we will compare the mead of producers from Poland (Polish […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Cibo e salute/ Food and Health – Pad./Pav. 2 Food, Health and Spirituality“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” In the 5th century BC, Hippocrates of Cos laid the foundations of a new medicine,based not only on empiricism, but also on knowledge of the body, a connection with nature […]
21 SeptemberTorino-Lingotto Fiere // Food for Change – Semi/ Seeds – Pad./Pav. 3 School GardensIn Berkeley, California, in the mid-nineties, the famous chef and activist Alice Waters conceived and cultivated Slow Food’s first school garden. Since then, school gardens in the Slow Food network have flourished everywhere, there are over 500 in Italy, more […]