Carlo Petrini, Carlin for those ones that had the possibility to be close to him (1949-May the 21st, 2026), has been more popular than an anchorman from USA. The reason? There was no one country in the world where is name was unknown.
Arcigola no profit food and wine Association, Slow Food Movement, Terra Madre Festivals, UNISG (University of Gastronomic Science in Bra, Pollenzo, Italy), his most famous 'creatures'.
Carlin -I had the privilege to be assigned as one of the delegates of UNISG for Umbria Region and I hosted in the first academic year 2004/2005 workshops on raw cheeses for the University- was a journalist, activist, author. He also offered his talent to help politics, disadvantages and malnourished populations. As much as he spent decades in protecting the Italian and not just, biodiversity and food production excellences and gems.
Here are three among his most important quotes.
- I believe that who sows utopia will reap reality.
- Slow Food unites the pleasure of Food with full responsability, sustainability and harmony with Nature.
- Food History is as important as a Baroque Church. A cheese is worth protecting as much as a sixteenth-century Church.
— Ettore Bellucci