Carlo Petrini
Carlo Petrini (b.1949) is an Italian gastronome, journalist and writer. He founded the Slow Food movement and established the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, northwest Italy. He was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2007.
Crisis-hit Italian farmers are turning to the intensive cultivation of maize for biogas production, which is more profitable than growing it for food. But they’re laying themselves open to the mercies of speculators -- and they’re threatening biodiversity too, declares the founder of the Slow Food movement.