I recently heard about the slow food foundation for biodiversity-The Ark of Taste.
An international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement and designed to preserve foods at risk of extinction that are sustainably produced and unique in taste.
The Ark was founded in 1996 in Italy with the aim to protect traditional and regional foods including an extraordinary heritage of fruits, vegetables, animal breeds, cheeses, breads, sweets and cured meats.
All foods in the catalogue are accompanied by a list of resources for those wishing to grow or buy them. The Ark of Taste aims to maintain edibles in their pure form by actively encouraging their cultivation for consumption.
The hope of Ark is to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain, travelling the world to collect small-scale quality productions that belong to the cultures, history and traditions of the entire planet.
Thanks to the contribution of many people from around the world who are watching the flavors of their culture disappear the list now has more than 1000 products with the hopes of tracking down many more 'forgotten foods' from every corner of the planet.
What a great way of keeping our food history growing!
Read more here about their project.
x Tracey
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