An Eco-Gastronomic Hero: International Slow Food Founder and President Carlo Petrini visits Toronto May 1-3, 2009

The Italian Cultural Institute and Planet in Focus present…
A Media Conference with Slow Food International Founder and President Carlo Petrini 
Friday May 1, 2009 – 10 am – Italian Cultural Institute – 496 Huron St.

Slow Food Toronto and Hart House present… 
Do it Slow Banchetto 
A Slow Food Feast with Canada’s Slow Food Leaders and Carlo Petrini
Friday May 1, 2009 – 6:30 pm – Hart House – 7 Hart House Circle – For tickets: www.uoftix.ca

The Italian Cultural Institute and Planet in Focus present…
An Evening of Conversation with Carlo Petrini
Saturday May 2, 2009 – 7 pm – Al Green Theatre at Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave at Bloor – Reserve tickets: 416-531-4689 or tickets@planetinfocus.org (Toronto – April 24, 2009) – He’s been named one of the “50 people who could save the planet” and Toronto’s Slow Foodies are anxiously awaiting his arrival.

Carlo Petrini is the founder and president of Slow Food, the international organization working to revive local, sustainable food systems and rescue us from the grip of fast food and industrial production.

Petrini will make several appearances while in Toronto, including an address to the culinary students at George Brown College, along with the engagements noted above.