“If food was no longer obliged to make intercontinental journeys, but stayed part of a system in which it can be consumed over short distances, we would save a lot of energy and carbon dioxide emissions. And just think of what we would save in ecological terms without long-distance transportation, refrigeration, and packaging--which ends up on the garbage dump anyway--and storage, which steals time, space, and vast portions of nature and beauty.”
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Carlo Petrini
Carlo Petrini, born on June 22, 1949, is an Italian journalist who is renowned for promoting Italian traditional cuisine and initiating the international Slow Food movement. more
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