CORBY Kummer, a journalist with The Atlantic, pedaled with 150 Slow Food University of Gastronomic Sciences’ students on a 24-day bike ride along Italy’s river Po. ‘They filmed interviews with farmers and fishermen who remembered when the river provided much of the populace with its livelihood.’ writes Kummer. ‘They mapped the region and its specialties.’ At the completion, Slow Food international president Carlo Petrini, who had accompanied the students for parts of the journey, suggested ‘next time the Nile on camels’.