FAODA Participation in Terra Madre 2008

On Wednesday Oct., 22, 2008 four members of FAODA moved to Italy for participating in Terra Madre exhibition & workshops in Tuscany.  

The Terra Madre network, which integrates new members every day, is made up of all those who wish to act to preserve, encourage, and support sustainable food production methods. These methods are based on attention to territory and those distinctive qualities that have permitted the land to retain its fertility over centuries of use. This vision is in direct opposition to pursuing a globalized marketplace, with the ongoing, systematic goal of increasing profit and productivity. Such methods have substantial externalities for which we, the guardians and inhabitants of this planet, pay the price. And the damage begins with small producers, lacking the means to create markets even within their own regions, who become crushed by subsidy systems that render their working conditions unfair

FAODA delegation in Terra Madre were:

- Eng. Mohamed El-Medany, Executive

  Director of FAODA as Egypt  coordinator

  of Terra Madre.

- Mr. Omar Mohamed Kamel, the vise

  president of FAODA.

- Mr. Ahmed Tawfeek Niseem, FAODA

  treasurer.

- Mr. Mohamed Abdul Mottal Hwaihi,

  FAODA contact person.

The Organizer of the event is Slow Food Association which is an Italian NGO founded in1986. the main aim of Slow Food is:

- To return back to nature (cultivating naturally, eating naturally, drinking naturally and tasting naturally).

- Eating the well done and healthy, good cooking food with its

  good natural taste.

Now it is an international Association has branches in so many countries in all over the world.

 Terra Madre Tuscany Recommendation:

- Pushing hardly and activate the local marketing because of Global Economic Crisis.

- Concentrate on the environmental education among the students whom they are the base of the pyramid of development.

- No other way for cultivation to have safety food. except organic agriculture

 Impacts of Terra Madre:

- Got very good experiences in organizing events.

- Recognized on the handicrafts from all over the world.

- Registered the first (Slow Food Convivium) in Egypt through FAODA by the name of (Fayoum Convivium).

- Open new market for the Olive Oil Soap in Italy through Slow Food Massa Maretima.