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Carlo Petrini | |
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 Carlo Petrini at Identità Golose Conference 2010 | |
| Born | Carlo Petrini (1949-06-22)22 June 1949 (age 75) Bra, Italy |
Carlo Petrini,AKA "Carlìn", (born 22 June 1949) is an Italian activist, author, and founder of the InternationalSlow Food Movement,[1] andTerra Madre festivals.
Petrini was born in the commune ofBra,province of Cuneo,Italy. He was formerly a political activist in thecommunistProletarian Unity Party (Partito di Unità Proletaria; PdUP). In 1977, he began contributing culinary articles to the communist daily newspapersil manifesto andl'Unità.[2]
He first came to prominence in the 1980s for taking part in a campaign against thefast food chainMcDonald's opening near theSpanish Steps inRome.[2] In 1983, he helped to create and develop the Italian non-profit food and wine association known asArcigola.[3] He founded Slow Food in 1989 and became the organization's president.[1] He is an editor of multiple publications at the publishing houseSlow Food Editore. He has written weekly columns forLa Stampa and is currently a regular journalist onLa Repubblica. In October 2004, he founded theUniversity of Gastronomic Sciences, a university devoted to new gastronomists and innovators ofsustainable food systems. He is now a supporter and member of the ItalianDemocratic Party (centre-left wing). Petrini was proposed for politician roles (as Minister).
Carlo Petrini has received numerous awards and acknowledgements including: Communicator of the Year at theInternational Wine and Spirit Competition inLondon;Sicco Mansholt Prize in theNetherlands; honorary degree incultural anthropology from theUniversity of New Hampshire; andEckart Witzigmann Science and Media Prize fromGermany.[3] In 2004 he was chosen as one ofTime magazine's heroes of the year.[4] He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Champions of the Earth) in 2013.[5]
