Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini: gastronomer, founder and President of the Slow Food Movement and the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, European Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals – Zero Hunger at the FAO, and the creator of the Terra Madre (Mother Earth) network. Columnist for La Repubblica, and publisher of Terra Madre. Come non farci mangiare dal cibo (Mother Nature. How not to be eaten by food) and Buono, pulito e giusto (Good, clean and just) (Slow Food Editore, 2009 and 2016).

Food, a Basic Unit of Connection

Every living being is the result of relationships that are influenced by context and, in turn, capable of influencing the natural and social environment around them. We are open systems with circula...