Situated along Uruguay’s Atlantic coast, the Rocha Lagoon was declared a National Lacustre Park in 1977. Home to many native species, it also hosts a myriad of migratory birds all year round, including tropical species from the south in the winter and North American species in the summer.
The Association of Artisanal Fishermen of Coastal Lagoons (APALCO) was founded within a small community made up of 20 families who capture fish and shellfish in the Puerto de los Botes area. Their objective is sustainable management of the coastal lagoon zone and of its natural resources.
Slow Food Zante convivium members wine makers’ Solomos produced traditional wines after 150 years of neglect by saving almost extinct grape varieties and using traditional vinification methods. First bottling offered at a harvest celebration event in the Island of Zakynthos.
Well, I guess you could call us a loose association of British communities, either catching or using fish, committed to the Slow Food criteria of ‘Clean, Good and Fair’ . . . in other words good for the environment, of the highest eating quality, and with a fair return to the fishers. Long term, we think that fishermen, greens, chefs, indeed everyone, want the same thing . . . lots of fish in the sea, from which good catches can be taken, while leaving plenty in the sea for everthing else. The challenge, for those fisheries that are depleted (now there is a debate!), is how to get there. We are looking forward to exchanging ideas and experiences on this both at Terre Madre and hopefully through a good deal of networking beforehand so that we can get the most out of it.
Linda Darema, rappresentante a Terra Madre della Comunità dei pastori Barabaig della Tanzania, ci scrive scusandosi per il ritardo con cui ha risposto alle nostre mail, a causa dei lunghi periodi di lavoro in zone remote del paese.
In seguito alla nostra telefonata per sollecitare l’invio di notizie circa la comunità , Linda ci scrive che dopo aver pedalato per 70 km ha potuto raggiungere una città servita dalle linee telefoniche, ed è così stata in grado di inviarci le informazioni necessarie.
I Barabaig sono una piccola popolazione agro-pastorale della zona del monte Hanang, nella Tanzania centro-settentrionale.
Nonostante il crescente processo di sedentarizzazione, i Barabaig continuano in buona parte a condurre una vita nomade o transumante, ricavando il proprio nutrimento dalle mandrie di bovini e ovini allevate.
Oltre al latte, alla carne e al sangue, alimenti basilari per la loro nutrizione, i Barabaig ricavano dagli animali le pelli con le quali producono oggetti, abbigliamento e ripari.
Spesso all’allevamento viene associata un’ agricoltura di sussistenza, in particolare di mais, in piccoli appezzamenti che a differenza dei ricoveri notturni per gli animali domestici non sono protetti da siepi di arbusti spinosi.
Per questo è comune che i Barabaig costruiscano le capanne al limitare dei campi, per proteggere le coltivazioni dagli animali selvatici.
L’impegno di Linda nel rispondere alle nostre richieste, nonostante le difficoltà tecniche e ambientali, è stata una piacevole soddisfazione, oltre che un richiamo a tenere a mente le enormi differenze di condizioni di lavoro e ad essere consapevoli che gli strumenti e le comodità che noi diamo per scontate, così scontate non sono.
Is there anywhere Terre Madre delegates, organisers, observers… you and me i guess… can find out a reasonably updated list of who is coming to the event in October??
The mountain horse of the Basque Country is a native breed raised free-range all year long and is at risk of disappearing. In the province of �lava, these horses are used as work animals, transportation and also for their meat. Foals are kept on pastures and reared on their mothers’ milk, hay and grain. They are butchered between 6-18 months at an average weight of 165 kilos yielding a meat that is lean, tender and flavorful. Since 1992, several chefs from the area have been involved in promoting this traditional product.
I am writing a small note just to update you about our situation.
On the 13th of July a Katusha rocket fell in Majd Al Krum, directly on the house of Samya Nasser, Sindyanna’s board member. Luckily she was tutoring in the summer camp and was not at home. Two members of the family were slightly injured. Her house was badly damaged. Two of our stuff members, including me, who live in Haifa decided to evacuate to safer places. Our warehouse in Kufur Kana was active but since the 19th, when rockets landed in Nazareth and killed two children we decided for the time being to close the warehouse and do the work we can from home, or from other safer places.
We hope this unnecessary and aggressive war will be finished soon, so we could go be back to our normal life.
San Francisco (USA) convivium leader Carmen Tedesco’s interview of Kamal Mouzawak, convivium leader of Slow Food Beirut (Lebanon). Mouzawak talks about his work with the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity, specifically the farmers’ market in Beirut that he organizes, which is the first farmers’ market in Lebanon.
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These are our stories, our pictures, our questions and answers, our problems, concerns, fears, failures and successes.
Well, I guess you could call us a loose association of British communities, either catching or using fish, committed to the Slow Food criteria of ‘Clean, Good and Fair’ . . . in other words good for the environment, of the highest eating quality, and with a fair return to the fishers. Long term, we think that fishermen, greens, chefs, indeed everyone, want the same thing . . . lots of fish in the sea, from which good catches can be taken, while leaving plenty in the sea for everthing else. The challenge, for those fisheries that are depleted (now there is a debate!), is how to get there. We are looking forward to exchanging ideas and experiences on this both at Terre Madre and hopefully through a good deal of networking beforehand so that we can get the most out of it.
