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UN, Slow Food movement sign agreement to promote ‘gastronomy of liberation’ in developing world

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The UN food agency and the gastronomic and ecological movement Slow Food signed an agreement on Wednesday for joint work on promoting small farmers and local recipes around the world that they hope will put Africa on the gourmet map. “I call it the gastronomy of liberation,” said Carlo Petrini,…

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Anti-technology Slow Food movement seeks to resolve conflicts through traditional foods

An exhibitor displays pasta on a stand at the Slow Foods Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre on October 25 in Turin.

In a world dogged by conflicts and wars, the key to peace and reconciliation lies in food, say chefs, small-scale producers and Slow Food campaigners at the world’s biggest food fair in Turin. Among the thousands of stalls which line the fair with spices, fruits, wines and delicacies from 100…

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