10/03/2020
The spread of COVID-19 around the world is having enormous impacts on our lives. In Italy, the government has placed all of the Lombardy region as well as several other provinces in the north of the country under quarantine, in order to slow the spread of the virus.
Here at Slow Food, we are continuing to work on the projects and programs we’ve been carrying forward for 30 years, all while adhering to the latest government decree, washing our hands often, avoiding close contact, and being cautious when coughing and sneezing. We will continue to go ahead with our work to promote a good, clean and fair food system, strengthening our network and supporting each other during this difficult time.
Our mission to promote the work of communities around the world will continue to drive our goals, whether we work from the offices of our headquarters in Bra, from our homes, and everywhere else we’re present around the world.
The Slow Food movement is not defined by physical location so much as by the people whose hearts are fully committed to fighting for equality and food sovereignty for all. We will use this situation to reinforce our human connections, rather than creating panic.
Carlo Petrini, ""So here is the time of solidarity and no longer of competition, it's time to find strength to emerge not with the desperation of all against all but with a renewed solidarity of momentum and with the reconstruction of a sense of community that for too much time we neglected ... A season full of obstacles and unknowns awaits us, but we can play the game with awareness and determination: solidarity, community and cooperation are the keys to start again. "
Photo credit Marco Del Comune & Oliver Migliore