Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76

Slow Food, which Petrini began with a group of friends in the 1980s, is now active in more than 160 countries. Photograph: Slow Food/Reuters

Carlo Petrini, the journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in protest against the arrival of the first McDonald’s in Italy, has died aged 76.

Petrini, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in recent years, died in his home town of Bra in northern Italy’s Piedmont region. He had led Slow Food, which since 1986 has campaigned against fast-food culture by promoting sustainability and local cuisine, as president until 2022.