Thanks to the European Union financed project COVCHEG: Community-based Value Chain Enhancement in the Greater Caucasus Mountains area in Azerbaijan, started in 2019, and as part of the global Terra Madre event, Slow Food organised different training courses with a presentation of new training materials, now available online. Education is one of the three pillars of the Slow Food Movement’s […]
Read moreDuring a Terra Madre Forum, held on March 6, the experience of the European Union (EU) funded project “Community-based Value Chain Enhancement in the Greater Caucasus Mountains area in Azerbaijan” (COVCHEG) in developing the first Slow Food Travel destination in Asia was showcased. Slow Food Travel, in fact, is designed for curious, responsible travelers who want to really get to […]
Read moreThe proposed comprehensive education kit developed in the framework of the EU-financed COVCHEG (Community-based Value Chain Enhancement in the Greater Caucasus Mountains Area) project for primary and secondary school children aims to promote healthy, responsible and sustainable nutrition, exploring the origins and methods of food production, its sensory characteristics, as well as its social and economic significance. It includes two […]
Read moreSince 2018, the ‘Community-based Value Chain Enhancement in the Greater Caucasus Mountains area’ (COVCHEG) project has mapped 40 local varieties of vegetables, fruits, traditional home-made sweets, animal breeds, wild plants and other specialties linked to the villages and climatic zones of the Greater Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan. 28 among them are already onboard the Ark of Taste, which, all over […]
Read moreThe EU-funded COVCHEG project opens up its virtual doors at the Terra Madre marketplace dedicated to Slow Food in Azerbaijan and launches the Slow Food Cooks Alliance in Azerbaijan. 7 chefs have come together to join the international network of cooks defending food biodiversity across the world: Orkhan Mukhtarov (Boulevard Hotel Baku), Tural Kerimli (Dushbara Restaurant), Vusal Talibzade (Excelsior Hotel&Spa), […]
Read moreThe development of Azerbaijani cuisine is very important to me! Thus I am ready to work on it with my energy. In my opinion, for the development of local culinary my colleagues also should join to such social initiatives and promote local heritage and gastronomic knowledge in global arenas by valuing all the existing opportunities. My first interaction with Slow […]
Read moreArk of Taste contest which was launched within the EU-funded COVCHEG project is completed. The purpose of the contest was to discover and promote local biodiversity which is in a rate of extinction, on a global scale. The Ark of Taste is an online catalog of foods at risk of disappearing that is a part of the cultures and traditions […]
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