Slow Food: As part of the joint Terra Madre-Salone del Gusto series of conferences held over October 23-27 in Torino Indian scientist and activist Vandana Shiva, founder of NGO Navdanya and vice-president of Slow Food International, elaborated on each of the manifesto’s nine points, providing a passionate summary of its principles.
Shiva argued that as 35 percent of the climate change crisis comes from agriculture, therefore 35 percent of the solution also lies in farming and food and that we must look seriously at this vital component in analyses of climate change and discussions of possible solutions. She argued that we must return to sustainable, local, biodiverse systems that are better adapted to dealing with the cyclones and floods created by climate change, as well as contributing to cleaner air and water and better food.
Shiva had harsh words for the genetic engineering industry, saying that this supposed “miracle solution” to climate change and food security was false: ‘First they are causing climate change and then they are forcing you to buy patented climate-resistant seeds,’ Shiva said.
…Petrini focused on the manifesto’s eighth point, knowledge transition for climate adaptation. ‘This is the central point, the most important cultural and political point,’ he stated. ‘Virtuous practices already exist in the cultural biodiversity of the farmers of the world. They have extraordinary knowledge and there must be a dialog with official science, an honest, frank and sincere dialog as equals.’
The feast is served at a Rajput wedding, shot by Jaisingh Rathore, Wikimedia Commons, under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
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