Piedmont in the news: Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini has died at 76 in Piedmont, Italy. A visionary leader of sustainable cuisine.
Italian Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini has died at 76 in Bra, Piedmont, after a battle with prostate cancer. Petrini led Slow Food from 1989 to 2022 and helped launch Terra Madre and the University of Gastronomic Sciences. The movement now operates in more than 160 countries.