BACOLOD CITY – The inaugural Terra Madre Asia and Pacific (TMAP) 2025, hosted by the Philippines in this highly urbanized city, generated P46.5 million in total sales, attracting 75,000 visitors and 2,500 delegates from 25 countries. TMAP 2025 organizers announced on Thursday, Nov. 27, that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The inaugural Terra Madre Asia and Pacific, jointly hosted by this highly urbanized city and the province of Negros Occidental, puts a spotlight on the emerging slow food communities in the Philippines. The five-day event, which opened on Wednesday at the Provincial Capitol Lagoon...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez is pushing this city as a slow food destination in Asia. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said on Tuesday, November 28, that the city government is negotiating with Slow Food International to promote food tourism here. “We don’t want...
The Organic Capital of the Philippines, Negros Occidental, in partnership with Slow Food International and other local government agencies, is hosting the first-ever Slow Food Terrace Madre Visayas in Bacolod City. Happening until Nov. 19, 2023, this event is designed to promote good, clean, and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 is seeking to expand the slow food movement in Western Visayas. “We want to expand the slow food to other provinces of Western Visayas,” said DOT-6 Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez. A NATIVE sweetened rice delicacy, known as ‘pusô,’ of...
The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
Aerie view of Turin, Italy. Photo by acediscovery from Wikimedia Commons . The 14th edition of the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, one of the largest food fairs in the world, returns in a hybrid format in Turin, Italy from September 22-26, 2022. Sustainable agriculture, food politics, and issues on...
Today, sustainability is at the forefront of everything. The Philippine national government, for one, has enacted several laws to address environmental issues. There’s the Clean Air Act 1999, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act 2000, Clean Water Act 2004, Biofuels Act 2006, and Renewable Energy...
There is no doubt that Filipinos love food. While our country is abundant in native ingredients that give a distinct flavor to local recipes, it is saddening to know that many of these crops are also on the brink of extinction. In a Facebook post, John Sherwin S. Felix, 25, an amateur cook,...
Despite the pandemic, Slow Food International, a global organization that promotes local food cultures and heritage, pushes their 13th Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, their largest worldwide festival on food, environment, and food policies. Terra Madre 2020 is a mix of digital and physical...
Many forests have been converted to agricultural lands to meet the growing demand for food caused by the escalating human population. The unsustainable use of natural resources in agriculture has been a major contributor to biodiversity loss that threatens not only human lives, but also the...
“They are ours. They are our heritage. They are our treasure. They are the crowning glory of the Philippine forest.” This is what David Castor, curator and manager of Negros Forest Park, said on the importance of preserving the Philippine native trees during the third episode of the Slow Food...
