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Diane Dodd

Ireland’s Food Tourism Appeal on the Menu at EXPO Milan

The four Irish finalists of the 2015 European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) Awards are today joining Fáilte Ireland to demonstrate Ireland’s food appeal to the Italian media at EXPO Milan 2015.The Burren Food Trail, the So Sligo Food Trail, the Cong Food Village and the producers of the West Waterford

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Diane Dodd

UK food recycling cafes go global in fight against waste

When former chef Adam Smith opened a small cafe in Britain’s industrial north two years ago, serving up dishes with food destined for the scrap heap, he had big aspirations: To fight global food waste. “From day one I set out to feed the world and I intend to do that,”

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Award Ceremony of Aarhus-Central Denmark Region, East Lombardy and Riga-Gauja European Regions of Gastronomy 2017, Expo Milan, Italy
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Diane Dodd

European Region of Gastronomy 2017 award ceremony takes place in the framework of the EC’s Food Tourism Week in Expo Milan.

The European Region of Gastronomy 2017 award ceremony took place during the European Commission’s Food Tourism Week at Expo Milan 2015. The ceremony which was hosted by DG Growth was opened by Silvia Draghi, Head of Policy for the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Mauro Paroloni, Lombardy Regional Commissioner and Dr.Diane

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Europe’s Best Street Art Uncovered

According to Huffingpost Travel, there’s no doubt that street art has been experiencing a cultural rebirth in Europe. In the past,many referred to graffiti as the ugly duck of the arts. Back in the day it was considered a kind of vandalism that made cities dirtier and belittled their prestige,

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Diane Dodd

IGCAT at EXPO Milan 2015

Expo 2015 is a Universal Exposition being hosted by Milan, Italia using the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for life, the global event reached almost 9 million visitors in its first 3 first months and is expected to attract more than 20 million visitors from 01 May 2015 to 31

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Diane Dodd

IGCAT participates at No Frills Event in Bergamo

Roberta Garibaldi, IGCAT Board Member and Director of CeSTIT, Study Center on Tourism of the University of Bergamo introduces Food and Tourism: a winning match,  a workshop that takes take place Saturday 26 September organised by No Frills in Milan-Bergamo(Italy). Dr Garibaldi introduces some considerations, best practices and data about food and

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Diane Dodd

Catalonia and Minho, present their programs for 2016 to SEDEC, COR

Minho and Catalunya launched their programs for 2016 when they will hold the title European Region of Gastronomy, at an event held for the SEDEC Commission of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Yoomi Renström, Chair of the SEDEC Committee (​The Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

A Guide to Ethical Eating When You Travel

Global Travel have published a guide where you can find some interesting tips to add “extra green” to your journey.  “Just because we love traveling doesn’t mean that we have to stop paying attention to our environmental footprint while we’re on the road. Sure, it may be a bit easier at home, where

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Amazon is spreading Monsanto’s toxins

According to SUMOFUS….the active ingredient in the world’s most widely used weed killer, Monsanto’s Roundup, has just been classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization. The evidence against glyphosate, the dangerous ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is mounting and the bio-tech giant is furiously scrambling to discredit

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Diane Dodd

Artsy: an easier way to discover the world of art

Artsy is a website with its mission is to make all of the world’s art accessible to every people with an Internet connection. Like a bridge with its growing database of 300,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 40,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works, and includes the

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Diane Dodd

IGCAT is back and presents its new team

After a short break in August, IGCAT is getting back to work with renewed energy and is pleased to introduce you its new international team, selected to continue, to improve and to build current and new projects.  The most important appointment is the new Deputy Director Davinia Galea who will principally be in

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Wine Art VAS, an unique combination of culture, art and wine

Wine Art VAS is a company created by Sofia and Natalia Vas. As an artists, they have collaborated on different projects for years, but recently they gathered their passions for art and wine and have created Wine Art VAS, a new project that have them embarked on this new adventure

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

MCDONALD’S: CLEAN UP YOUR ACT IN BRAZIL AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD

Sumof Us.org has pointed out that “a worker  at a McDonald’s in Brazil has worked  for a year and a half  and was fired for speaking out”. He learned that “McDonald’s exploits not just its employees, but my country as well”. McDonald’s is allegedly breaking laws, dodging taxes, and withholding worker

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Diane Dodd

TTIP Transparency in Practice — No acces!

TTIP or no TTIP — our representatives in the European Parliament (MEPs) will play a crucial role when it comes to deciding  whether this historic trade deal between the US and EU will become reality. With our democracy on the line and our health and environmental standards up for negotiation

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Sustainable Travel Guide: Make sure your next trip is a green one!

No matter the name, the intent is the same: travel with the lightest environmental and socio-cultural footprint possible to maintain or improve conditions in all communities around the world and ensure their health for years to come. A lofty goal, but with a change in perspective and a little bit

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Diane Dodd

IGCAT participated in a Gastronomy and Tourism debate

IGCAT participated in a Gastronomy and Tourism debate that took place, 1 September 2015 in Tossa de Mar, where the main subject was the importance of communication and gastro-journalism for gastro-destinations. The seminar, designed by LABPATC, IBERTUR and UB and hosted by the city of Tossa de Mar, is part of

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