THE 7:30 Report, ABC Television current affairs program, interviewed Carlo Petrini about Slow Food International during his visit to Australia in October. Along with Petrini, Tracey Bowden spoke about Slow Food and how it’s spreading in Australia also with Alex Herbert, chef of the Bird, Cow, Fish restaurant in Sydney, Michael Champion, organic vegetable grower, Michael Croft, rare farm animal breeder and Sarah MacMaster, Sydney school garden coordinator.

“T.BOWDEN: What do you say to those who believe this is just an elitist movement?
C.PETRINI: I’m in favour of what I call an “austere hedonism”. What do I mean by “austere hedonism”? It’s not that we are sad environmentalists. We want happiness, we seek pleasure but at the same time, we also seek sustainability”

Read here the full transcript.