Carlo Petrini
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Early life and activist career
Petrini was born in the commune of Bra, province of Cuneo, Italy. He was formerly a political activist in the communist Proletarian Unity Party (Partito di Unità Proletaria; PdUP). In 1977, he began contributing culinary articles to the communist daily newspapers il manifesto and l'Unità.[2]
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.[2] In 1983, he helped to create and develop the Italian non-profit food and wine association known as Arcigola.[3] He founded Slow Food in 1989 and became the organization's president.[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 to 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 is now a supporter and member of the Italian Democratic Party (centre-left wing). Petrini has also been proposed for politician roles, including ministerial positions.
Awards
Carlo Petrini has received numerous awards and acknowledgements including: Communicator of the Year at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London; Sicco Mansholt Prize in the Netherlands; honorary degree in cultural anthropology from the University of New Hampshire; and Eckart Witzigmann Science and Media Prize from Germany.[3] In 2004, he was chosen as one of Time magazine's heroes of the year.[4] He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Champions of the Earth) in 2013.[5]
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair, Rizzoli, May 2007, Template:ISBN
- Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Dining and Living in conversation with Gigi Padovani, Rizzoli, September 2006, Template:ISBN
- Slow Food: The Case for Taste (Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History), Columbia University Press, April 2003, Template:ISBN
- Slow Food Nation, a speech at Princeton University, 17 May 2007.
External links
- Time Heroes 2004
- Carlo Petrini: The slow food star , The Independent, Allison Roberts, December 2006
- Slow Food guru spreads gospel in high places, The Observer, Jasper Gerard, June 17, 2007
- 2006 Speech (simultaneously translated) from the Environmental Grantmakers Association, Fall Retreat Keynote
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., San Francisco, October 2005