By Euronews
Published on
22/05/2026 - 10:24 GMT+2
Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food and Terra Madre, died on Thursday evening at the age of 76 at his home in Bra, in the province of Cuneo.
“From his extraordinary vision and his love for the common good, for relationships between human beings, for nature and biodiversity sprang Slow Food (1986), the international Terra Madre network and the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo (2004). He was also co‑founder of the Laudato si’ Communities (2017), inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical,” Slow Food recalled in a statement.
