25/05/2026
Get • From a small town in Italy, Carlo Petrini changed the way the world understands food. Not as commodity but as culture, relationship, responsibility, and hope.
Today, Slow Food and the University of Gastronomic Sciences mourn and celebrate the life of a man who dared to imagine a different world and then spent every day building it.
His legacy is not a memory. It is alive in every farmer, cook, student, and activist who wakes up every day to change the world through food.
As Edward Mukiibi reminded us, this silence is loud. And our answer to that silence must be action. Protecting biodiversity. Defending food cultures. Educating the next generation of food changemakers. Supporting the farmers, the cooks, the activists, the students, and the communities who carry this work forward every single day. Building a world where good, clean, and fair food is not a privilege but a right for all.
Thank you, Carlin.
The global family you built will not just carry your vision forward. We will grow it.
Slow Food International & University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo
