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From Kenya: the Red Maasai sheep Slow Food Presidium 23 December 2020 The Red Maasai sheep, named so for their typical red-brown, and occasionally pied, shaggy coat of hair, is an East Africa indigenous breed traditionally kept by Maasai pastoralists and smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. By the time being, these sheep are mostly found in the semi-arid regions of southern Kenyan and northern Tanzanian rangelands, especially in Kajiado County, Kenya and its neighboring counties. The breed features large fat deposits in its tail and hindquarters and is kept primarily for its meat. Though less productive than some other breeds raised in East Africa, the ....
Slow Food carried out a case study to analyze the progress of these Presidia, in particular Wichí Wild Honey in Argentina and the Red Maasai Sheep in Kenya, both newly established Slow Food Presidia. The Wichí people in Argentina and the Wichí Wild Honey Slow Food Presidium “Supporting honey gathering reaffirms us as the Wichí people, especially in the face of the cultural homogenization that globalization represents. Defending honey gathering is also defending our traditional culture, knowing how to recognize our own lives and the ownership of the forest and ourselves too, since this ownership is what gives us our identity.” ....