April 2013
From April 12 to 17, the French-speaking representative of Slow Food in Africa meet in Morocco for an exchange and training workshop
March 2013
Gardens start growing in Mbera refugee camp, in Mauritania
February 2013
Moussa Ouedraogo opens the restaurant Kilomètre Zero in Napoko educational garden, in Burkina Faso
December 2012
The Terra Madre Day is celebrate also in the 1000 gardens!
October 2012
As part of the African delegation to the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2012, 108 coordinators from the Thousand Gardens in Africa project arrived in Turin for the event.
Products like vegetables and herbs were on display at a stand in the area dedicated to Africa, where the coordinators took turns to talk about the project and take visitors around the adjacent African garden.
September 2012
• Training and exchange workshop in Saqqara (Egypt) organized by Sara El Sayed and Aurelia Weintz (national coordinators) - read an article about it
• Launch of the gardens in Egypt and Tunisia
August 2012
• on August 9 and 10, in Muaguide in the Cabo Delgado region, a training meeting was organized on the agroecological management of the Slow Food gardens and the use of biopesticides
July 2012
• A training meeting on Slow Food and the Thousand Gardens in Africa guidelines was held from July 10 to 12 in Eastern Cape (South Africa). The organizations Biowatch and Surplus People Project (a Thousand Gardens in Africa project partner) presented Slow Food and the Slow Food Foundation projects to representatives from the 30 new gardens and organized training on the agroecological management of the gardens.
May - June 2012
• A training meeting about the agroecological management of the Slow Food gardens, composting and the use of biopesticides was organized from May 7 to 9 in Catembe and Maputo (Mozambique)
• Translation of the project handbook in Arabic and Amharic
March - April 2012
• From March 28 to April 6, Slow Food's international president, Carlo Petrini, travelled around Kenya and Uganda. As well as holding several public conferences and meetings at universities in the two countries, his itinerary most importantly included visits to many local outposts of the Slow Food and Terra Madre network, including food gardens, Presidia, food communities and some of East Africa's many active convivia. During the trip, Petrini gave a series of interviews to journalists from leading East African publications, helping to raise awareness about the movement's philosophy through concrete examples of local Slow Food initiatives.
• Training and exchange workshop in Adjohoun (Benin) held by Emile Houngbo (national coordinator)
• Training and exchange workshop in Arusha (Tanzania) held by Helen Nguya (regional coordinator in northern Tanzania)
• Training and exchange workshop in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) organized by Freda Chale (regional coordinator in Dar Es Salaam)
• Training and exchange workshop in Teverit (Mauritania) attended by the gardens coordinators of Mauritania and Egypt
February 2012
• Training workshop in Mukono (Uganda) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in th
e country, held by Tichafa Makovere (national project coordinator in Ethiopia)
• Awareness raising event on Slow Food and launch of Ain Aouda school garden in Rabat (Morocco) - read the report
• Launch of the gardens in Cameroon, D.R. Congo and Morocco
December 2011
• Training workshop in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country, organized by Sophie Salamata Sedgho and Moussa Ouedraogo (national project coordinators) - read the report
• Launch of the gardens in Burkina Faso
November 2011
• Training workshop in Nakuru (Kenya) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country - read the report
October 2011
• Training workshop in Ntchena Chena (Malawi) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country, organized by Mazoe Gondwe (national project coordinator)
• Training workshop in Mbour (Senegal), attended by the gardens coordinators from the French and Portuguese-speaking countries involved in the project
• Launch of the gardens in Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone
September 2011
• Training workshops in Karat and Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country, held by Tichafa Makovere (national project coordinator) and Asmelash Dagne (natural science teacher) - read the report
• Training workshop in Antananarivo (Madagascar) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country, held by Heritiana Andriamalala (national project coordinator) and M. Arisaina (agronomist) - read the report
• Training workshop in Msindo (Tanzania) for the Slow Food gardens coordinators from Namtumbo province, organized by Sandra Gasbarri (CO.PE., regional project coordinator in southern Tanzania)
• Launch of the gardens in Ethiopia and Somalia
• Translation of the project handbook in Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans
August 2011
• Visits to schools and communities continue
• Training workshop in Mukono (Uganda) for all Slow Food gardens coordinators in the country, held by Edward Mukiibi (national project coordinator) - read the report
• Training on integrated pests management, water management and garden design in Vannrhynsdorp (South Africa), for the Slow Food gardens coordinators from Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal - read the report
• Launch of the gardens in Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and in Uganda
June - July 2011
• Visits to schools and communities continue
• Training workshop in Nakuru (Kenya), attended by the gardens coordinators from the English-speaking countries involved in the project
• Traditional seeds ceremony and farmers exchange in Emangenenei (South Africa), held by Biowatch and attended by the local Slow Food working group
• Launch of the gardens in Kenya and Mauritania
• Translation of the project handbook in Luganda and Swahili
April - May 2011
• National project coordinators create a working group in their respective countries to run the project
• The working group in each country visits all communities and schools interested in participating in the project, to evaluate together with them how to develop the gardens
• Launch of the project according to the plan of activities elaborated by the national working groups
• Tanzania's first food gardens inaugurated
• Madagascar's first food gardens inaugurated
March 2011
• Project workshop in Pollenzo (Italy): the national coordinators discuss the project handbook and define together the next phases of the project
November 2010 - February 2011
• Slow Food Convivia and Terra Madre communities in Africa respond to the initiative with details of the school, communities and families that would like to participate in the project
• The Slow Food Convivia in each country identify a national project coordinator
October 2010
• The project is officially launched at Terra Madre 2010
Moreover...
• In Uganda, an audio version of the project handbook has been produced in local languages, it can be easily accessed by mobile phone by calling a number that connects to the recordings
• The project has been promoted by local radio stations in Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, DR Congo and Uganda
Timeline last updated on 16/05/2013
