Safeguarding diversity to sustain our planet.
Life cannot exist without biodiversity, but the dominating industrial food system is engaged. Around the world, 75% of edible plant species have now become extinct while three cereals—wheat, rice, and corn—make up 60% of our food production. Our future depends on defending the diversity of plants and animals: learning lessons about what we have lost to focus on what we can save. Slow Food was the first to consider food products and production techniques as integral aspects of biodiversity, in need of protection. Our conservation of food biodiversity by promoting agroecological practices and sustainable consumption choices is what sets our movement apart.
