Monday, January 18, 2010

Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity


The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity is part of Slow Food and was founded in Florence in 2003 in partnership with the Tuscany Regional Authority. The Slow Food Foundation is funded through the efforts of the Slow Food movement, by institutions, private companies, other Foundations and anyone interested in supporting projects defending biodiversity.
Every six hours man loses one type of unique vegetable - we have lost 300,000 vegetable varieties last century.

Mission
  • To defend food biodiversity
  • To safeguard the environment and the land 
  • To endorse sustainable agriculture
  • To protect small producers and their communities
  • To promote the gastronomic traditions of the whole world
Read more about the organization and its projects here.

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