Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini dies aged 76

Petrini's movement rejected fast food to promote sustainable production and traditional cooking.

Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76

Italy’s president leads tributes to campaigner who spent four decades promoting sustainability and local cuisine Carlo Petrini, the journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in protest against the arrival of the first McDonald’s in Italy, has died aged 76. Petrini, who had been diagnosed with prostrate cancer in recent years, died in his home town of Bra in northern Italy’s Piedmont region. He had led Slow Food, which since 1986 has campaigned against fast-food culture by promoting sustai...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Petrini's passing leaves a 'big hole,' not just in Italy, says Mattarella

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 22 - President Sergio Mattarella paid tribute to Carlo Petrini on Friday after the Slow Food founder died at the age of 76. "The passing of Carlo Petrini leaves a big hole not only in the world of food and wine science, but also in society as a whole, and not just in Italy," Mattarella said. "His insights and constant advocacy for sustainability, the need to preserve traditions, the valorization of local cultures, and respect for the environment have generated a new awarene...

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