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An Evening of Conversation With Carlo Petrini - Saturday, May 2, 2009

22 April 2009

Planet in Focus & the Italian Cultural Institute present 

An Evening of Conversation with Carlo Petrini

the founder of the Slow Food movement and author of Slow Food Nation


SPEAKER: Carlo Petrini
MODERATOR: Harriet Friedmann (Munk Centre for International Studies)

Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Al Green Theatre at Miles Nadal JCC - 750 Spadina Ave at Bloor

Tickets: regular price $35 - seniors & students $25  
Event & Reception: $75 (limited tickets available - Must be purchased before April 30)

PERCENTAGE OF PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARD THE STOP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE

Reserve tickets: 416-531-4689 or tickets@planetinfocus.org
For further information please visit www.planetinfocus.org http://www.planetinfocus.org 

 

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Carlo Petrini
Born in Bra, Italy in 1949, Carlo Petrini has profoundly articulated and re-shaped our contemporary understanding of food, its production and its inter-relationship with the environment and our well-being.
He has shepherded, since the 1980’s, what has become known as the worldwide Slow Food movement that is re-evaluating agriculture, food production, distribution, preparation and consumption methods, placing food at the centre of human activity. Petrini is also the founder of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo and Colorno in Italy and the author of Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should  Be Good, Clean, And Fair (2007). In 2004 he was named a 'European Hero' by Time Magazine; and
in January 2008, The Guardian named him as the sole Italian to appear on a list of  "50 People Who Could Save the World". In October 2008, Carlo Petrini was also awarded the Planet in Focus International Eco Hero Award for his outstanding leadership and lasting contribution to environmental awareness, action and change on the international stage.


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Harriet Friedmann
Harriet Friedmann Ph.D. (Harvard), M.A. (Harvard), B.A. Michigan. A Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto/ Munk Centre, she has published widely in international journals on topics related to the international political economy of food and agriculture. Her interests include gender, culture, biotechnologies and ecology as emerging topics within international political economy of food. She served as Chair of the Political Economy of the World System Section of the American Sociological Association, and as Co-Chair of the Toronto Food Policy Council.

 

 

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