1. A selected list of Ark of Taste foods
    Ark of Taste foods in Italy  Ark of Taste foods in the United States  Ark of Taste foods throughout the world 

2. See also
    Similar organizations 

3. References

4. Further reading

5. External links

The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ecoregion. Contrary to the most literal definition of plant and animal conservation, the Ark of Taste aims to maintain edibles in its purview by actively encouraging their cultivation for consumption.^[1] By doing so, Slow Food hopes to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain.

Foods included in the list are intended to be "culturally or historically linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice",^[2] in addition to being rare. Which foods meet these criteria is decided by an adjudicating committee made up of members of the Slow Food nonprofit organization; all candidates go through a formal nomination process which includes tastings and identification of producers within the region.^[3]

Since the foundation of the Ark in 1996, 4866 products (October 2018) from over 149 countries have been included and growing daily. The list includes not only prepared foods and food products, but also a great many livestock breeds, as well as vegetable and fruit cultivars. All foods in the catalogue are accompanied by a list of resources for those wishing to grow or buy them.

A selected list of Ark of Taste foods

Ark of Taste foods in Italy

The sources for the Italian section, unless other specified, are the lists selectable from ‘Ark of Taste’, Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità.

Ark of Taste foods in the United States

Ark of Taste foods throughout the world

See also

• Biodiversity
• Heirloom plant
• Local food
• List of food origins
• Rare breed (agriculture)
• Slow Food

Similar organizations

• The Livestock Conservancy
• Rare Breeds Survival Trust

References

Further reading

• {{cite news |title=Cruising on the Ark of Taste |url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/05/ma_372_01.html |work=Mother Jones magazine |last=Pollan |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Pollan |date=May–June 2003 }}
• {{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=APAB&p_theme=apab&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%27Slow%20Food%27%20movement%20fights%20the%20bad,%20the%20bland,%20the%20boring&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22%27Slow%20Food%27%20movement%20fights%20the%20bad,%20the%20bland,%20the%20boring%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |title='Slow Food' movement fights the bad, the bland, the boring |publisher=Associated Press |last=Hughes |first=Candice |date=November 19, 2000 }}
• {{cite news |title=Pawpaws and the Ark of Taste |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18673-2004Nov2.html |last=Weinraub |first=Judith |date=November 3, 2004 |work=The Washington Post }}
• {{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990980,00.html |title=Savor the Peach |work=Time magazine |last=Orecklin |first=Michele |date=May 17, 1999 }}
• {{cite book |title=Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods |last=Nabhan |first=Gary Paul |publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing |isbn=978-1-933392-89-9 |year=2008 }}

External links

• Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
• the Ark of Taste on localharvest.org
• [https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/slow-food Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity - Ark of Taste at Google Cultural Institute]

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