These days, reading about agriculture, food production and food security can feel like doom scrolling. Between the climate crisis, farm bankruptcies and political turmoil, engaging with the countryside only while

Supporters of Slow Food will be well aware of its ‘flagship’ (pun intended) programme ‘The Ark of Taste’. There are 209 UK passengers in that ark - and 182 from

This article was published in the first issue of Slow, the international magazine of the Slow Food movement, in 1996 One of the first texts entirely devoted to snails was