Slow Food Uk

Slow Fish through the eyes of a Local Leader

In May, a small delegation of Slow Food UK representatives travelled to Genoa to Slow Fish to attend the biannual event organised by Slow Food International.

Please welcome our two new Forgotten Foods!

Thanks to the strong support of our wonderful network especially during this year's Slow Food Week we can continue our crucial work on saving Britain's edible biodiversity.

RBST – working together to preserve Britain’s edible biodiversity

In addition to working with our other Forgotten Food partners we also regularly liaise with the Rare Breed Survival Trust (RBST) on our shared goal of preserving the variety of traditional British breeds.

A summary of our impact and recent achievements

Please click here to see a review highlighting how together we have been growing the movement.

Bake your own Forgotten Food

We have been working hard to raise the profile of the humble Goosnargh Cake. Trying to find a Goosnargh Cake enthusiast proved to be rather tricky and so we were excited to stumble across the Lancashire Food Blog by Linzi Barrow.

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Slow Food UK

June 18, 2013 at 10:46 am

'For Sue Weston, in Foston, Derbyshire, the question of antibiotic-resistant bacteria breeding and evolving on British factory farms and finding its way into the human population is not an abstract one of academic studies and best hygiene practice. She lives "a car's width" from the site of a proposed intensive 25,000-pig farming facility. Her 19-year-old son suffers a serious heart condition that makes him vulnerable to infections.'

Is the rise in antibiotic use on farms a threat to humans?

http://www.guardian.co.uk

Experts and campaigners worry about the use of veterinary antibiotics, but officials say there is little cause for concern

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Slow Food UK

June 17, 2013 at 11:22 am

'In his review, the Sussex researcher found that 90% of the active ingredients in these chemicals go into the soil and leach into groundwater. They can accumulate in soil at concentrations far higher than those that kill bees and persist there for up to 10 years.'