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World Service,22 Apr 2021,31 mins

The man taking on fast food

The Food Chain

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Carlo Petrini is leading a food revolution - one that fights to protect local, traditional ingredients and farming methods in the face of a standardised, industrialised food system. From a protest against a McDonald's in the heart of Rome, to a network of more than 100,000 members in 160 countries, his Slow Food movement strives for a world where producers are fairly treated and the planet is better protected. Carlo tells Emily Thomas the story of his life and activism and why he believes that a post-pandemic world offers a profound opportunity for economic, environmental and social change - should we choose to take it. Producer: Simon Tulett If you would like to get in touch with the show please email [email protected] (Picture: Carlo Petrini. Credit: James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images/BBC)

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