Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini is an Italian activist, journalist, author, and founder of Slow Food International. He is the author of six books, including Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living and Terra Madre: Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food Communities . He has received numerous awards, including the Sicco Mansholt Prize (Netherlands), the Eckart Witzigmann Prize (Germany), and he was named one of Time magazine's one hundred most influential people of the year. He lives...See more

Carlo Petrini is an Italian activist, journalist, author, and founder of Slow Food International. He is the author of six books, including Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living and Terra Madre: Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food Communities . He has received numerous awards, including the Sicco Mansholt Prize (Netherlands), the Eckart Witzigmann Prize (Germany), and he was named one of Time magazine's one hundred most influential people of the year. He lives in Italy. See less