con las voces pregoneras que salvemos el manglar
es la vida de los pueblos de los pueblos del manglar.
Somos pueblos ancestrales compartimos el manglar
con toditas las especies de su biodiversidad
jaibas, conchas, camarones, la riqueza del manglar.
Viva la naturaleza, las especies del manglar
Todos levantan su grito, su grito de libertad.
Lidberg Valencia, Esmeraldas – Ecuador MI MANGLAR
The Earth’s tropical and subtropical zones are home to an ecosystem that is considered to be one of the most productive on the planet: the mangroves.
According to data from the United Nations, this ecosystem occupies 0.7 of the world’s tropical forests and is one of the largest providers of biomass and, perhaps, the largest carbon sequestrator, which makes it a particularly important ecosystem for all life on Earth.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (Giahs) – Farming And The Future Of The Planet 27 January 2021
THE FAO’S GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM (GIAHS)
Slow Food is collaborating on the project “Building Capacity: International Advanced Training Course on GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems),” co-funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) with the involvement of the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) of the University of Florence as the implementing body and the University Campus of Prato (PIN) as partner.
Within the framework of Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, a cycle of webinars and a digital conference are planned, aimed at the Slow Food network around the world (Terra Madre delegates, Slow Food communities and convivia, producers participating in the event’s marketplace, etc.). Each webinar will explore the objectives and potential of the FAO’s GIAHS program for the sustainable d
Polish Eagle Beans: A Pulse Beating Like a Warm Heart Across Continents 26 January 2021 Nata Paszkowska
Beans can link not only countries, but also continents, as is the case with with these Ark of Taste pulses from Poland; their social pulse links Poland and Brazil, with Latvia and Italy also taking playing a part in this bean music.
The name of the bean variety Polska Fasola z Orzełkiem (PFO) literally means “Polish bean with eagle” and comes from the dark red stains on the seeds (see photo 1). A century and a half ago, when Poland was being split by three empires, Polish peasants grew it as a sign of patriotism. They saw the Polish coat of arms, a crowned eagle, in the bean’s markings, and risked jail to secretly grow the variety. At the time, Poland did not exist as a sovereign state, due to partitioning by the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire, but the bean offered a way for peasants to show their patriotism, and it enraged the invade
If you didn’t know beans are serious stuff, you just don’t know beans!
Beans have been disparaged for years as “poor food.” Worse, during periods of economic boom and rapid urbanization, culinary leaders neglect legumes and pulses as remnants of the peasant past.
Back to the Future
Today beans are enjoying a fresh wave of popularity. In 2020, as the world locked down in the face of Covid, many families rediscovered or even discovered for the first time! how to prepare meals from dried beans. The warm reception for Washington Post food writer, Joe Yonan’s well-timed cookbook,
Cool Beans, is a sign of this sea change.