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Food and Freedom: How the Slow Food Movement is Creating Change Around the World Through Gastronomy: How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World Through Gastronomy - Hardcover

Carlo Petrini

 
9780847846856: Food and Freedom: How the Slow Food Movement is Creating Change Around the World Through Gastronomy: How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World Through Gastronomy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0847846857 ISBN 13: 9780847846856
Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2015

Synopsis

Inspiring the global fight to revolutionize the way food is grown, distributed, and eaten. In the almost thirty years since Carlo Petrini began the Slow Food organization, he has been constantly engaged in the fight for food justice. Beginning first in his native Italy and then expanding all over the world, the movement has created a powerful force for change. The essential argument of this book is that food is an avenue towards freedom. This uplifting and humanistic message is straightforward: if people can feed themselves, they can be free. In other words, if people can regain control over access to their food-how it is produced, by whom, and how it is distributed-then that can lead to a greater empowerment in all channels of life. Whether in the Amazon jungle talking with tribal elders or on rice paddies in rural Indonesia, the author engages the reader through the excitement of his journeys and the passion of his mission. Here, Petrini reports upon some of the success stories that he has observed firsthand. From Chiapas to Puglia, Morocco to North Carolina, he has witnessed the many ways different peoples have dealt with food problems. This book allows us to learn from these case studies and lays out models for the future.

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About the Author

Carlo Petrini is the author of Slow Food Nation and the founder of the Slow Food organization, which counts 100,000 members in 150 countries. Petrini was named a European Hero by Time and a "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations.

From the Back Cover

Inspiring the global fight to revolutionize the way food is grown, distributed, and eaten. ?In the almost thirty years since Carlo Petrini began the Slow Food organization, he has been constantly engaged in the fight for food justice. Beginning first in his native Italy and then expanding all over the world, the movement has created a powerful force for change. The essential argument of this book is that food is an avenue towards freedom. This uplifting and humanistic message is straightforward: if people can feed themselves, they can be free. In other words, if people can regain control over access to their food--how it is produced, by whom, and how it is distributed--then that can lead to a greater empowerment in all channels of life. Whether in the Amazon jungle talking with tribal elders or on rice paddies in rural Indonesia, the author engages the reader through the excitement of his journeys and the passion of his mission. Here, Petrini reports upon some of the success stories that he has observed firsthand. From Chiapas to Puglia, Morocco to North Carolina, he has witnessed the many ways different peoples have dealt with food problems. This book allows us to learn from these case studies and lays out models for the future.

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Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0847846857
ISBN 13 
9780847846856
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192