The man taking on fast food
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world
The Food Chain · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Carlo Petrini is leading a food revolution - one that fights to protect local, traditional ingredients and farming methods in the face of a standardised, industrialised food system.
From a protest against a McDonald's in the heart of Rome, to a network of more than 100,000 members in 160 countries, his Slow Food movement strives for a world where producers are fairly treated and the planet is better protected.
Carlo tells Emily Thomas the story of his life and activism and why he believes that a post-pandemic world offers a profound opportunity for economic, environmental and social change - should we choose to take it.
Producer: Simon Tulett
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(Picture: Carlo Petrini. Credit: James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images/BBC)