Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini (born 22 June 1949), born in the province of Cuneo in the commune of Bra in Italy, is the founder of the International Slow Food Movement. He first came to prominence in the 1980s for taking part in a campaign against the fast food chain McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome.[1] In 1983, he helped to create and develop the Italian non-profit food and wine association known as Arcigola.[2]

For the Italian footballer and writer, see Carlo Petrini (footballer). For the Italian scientist, see Carlo Petrini (scientist).
Carlo Petrini
Carlo Petrini at Identità Golose Conference 2010
Born
Carlo Petrini

(1949-06-22) 22 June 1949
Bra, Italy

Petrini was formerly a political activist in the communist movement Partito di Unità Proletaria. In 1977, Petrini began contributing culinary articles to communist daily newspapers il manifesto and l'Unità.[1] He is an editor of multiple publications at the publishing house Slow Food Editore. He has written weekly columns for La Stampa and is currently a regular journalist on La Repubblica. In October 2004, he founded the University of Gastronomic Sciences, a university devoted to new gastronomists and innovators of sustainable food systems. He was chosen as one of Time magazine's heroes of the year.[3] He is now a supporter and member of the Italian Democratic Party (center-left wing). Petrini was proposed for politician roles (as Minister).

Carlo Petrini received some awards and rewards including: Communicator of the Year at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London; Sicco Mansholt Price in the Netherlands; honorary degree in cultural anthropology from the University of New Hampshire; Eckart Witzigmann Science and Media Prize from Germany.[2]

See also

References
  1. "The Quick Brain Behind Slow Food, The Independent, 17 June 2006". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. Carlo Petrini, President and Founder of the Slow Food Movement
  3. The Slow Revolutionary, Time, 3 October 2004

Bibliography

https://web.archive.org/web/20090428215643/http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/slowfood

  • Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair, Rizzoli, May 2007, ISBN 0-8478-2945-6
  • Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Dining and Living in conversation with Gigi Padovani, Rizzoli, September 2006, ISBN 0-8478-2873-5
  • Slow Food: The Case for Taste (Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History), Columbia University Press, April 2003, ISBN 0-231-12844-4
  • Slow Food Nation, a speech at Princeton University, 17 May 2007.
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