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How might we better connect food production and consumption?
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Mission #1
Connecting communities
Is there a difference between urban and rural food production and consumption?
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Mission #2
Growing your own
More and more people are taking up the challenge of growing their own food but what inspires them to do this?
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Mission #3
Innovations in food
To kick off the challenge you might start by exploring what is already going on to innovate in food retailing and production.
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Mission #4
Inspire us
What does food mean to you where you live?
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Inspiration
Thanks so much for posting so many awesome inspirations!
The Inspiration phase is now closed and we have moved into the Evaluation phase. This is where we ask the community to assess the final 20 concepts for their all round awesomeness.
The Inspiration phase is now closed and we have moved into the Evaluation phase. This is where we ask the community to assess the final 20 concepts for their all round awesomeness.
Mission #1
Connecting communities
Green City Growers: Worker Owned, Community Collaborated
Community institutions collaborated to form worker owned businesses as a new form of community economic development. Green City Growers is one of those businesses.
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Juliet
April 03, 2011
11:55AM |
Mission #3
Innovations in food
Greenhouse by Joost
The Greenhouse is an amazing pop-up cafe that I was lucky enough to go to when it was in Melbourne's Federation Square. It's a totally different way of thinking about what a cafe is and can do.
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Maya
April 03, 2011
11:21AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
Subsidies and the "True Cost of Food"
The divide between farmer and consumer is widened when government subsidies favor large corporate farm businesses and mono-cropping. The excess produced is shipped around the world, reducing the ability of small, unsubsidized farmers to survive.
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Juliet
April 03, 2011
10:55AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
I Love Our Farmers Market
I had the best day ever at the Timaru Farmers Market today.
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Claudia Keys
April 03, 2011
10:45AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
Now is the indigenous time
I guess it’s the time to learn from indigenous people. They can teach us a lot about nature.
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Mohammad Aghaya
March 29, 2011
11:30PM |
Mission #3
Innovations in food
From Liquor to Produce
How do two unlikely allies come together to impact food production?
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Alexis Cooke
March 29, 2011
05:17AM |
Mission #4
Inspire us
Conscious Consumers
Stickers for restaurants to put in their window if they use locally sourced food.
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Cara O'Shell
March 29, 2011
01:09AM |
Mission #4
Inspire us
Order In/Take Out Culture
No time to cook and not a good cook if you had the time. Know of anyone who might be victims of the Dine In/Take Out Culture. I know I am one of them!
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Faiz Munshi
April 03, 2011
04:46AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
Pig 05049
Christien Meinderstma made a book about a pig. Not just any book, but she researched how a pig that was produced for food was used in everyday things. In the TED talk in the video, she summarises some very surprising uses of pig parts.
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Arjan Tupan
March 23, 2011
03:19PM |
Mission #3
Innovations in food
Food Security
Take a look at this practical instrument for afford the problem and understand where and how act to fight hunger
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Mia Scotti
March 29, 2011
07:38PM |
Mission #4
Inspire us
Orto sul tasto
A local marketplace (in the north east of Italy) to access to good, clean and fair food from the local area to reduce food miles and shorten the food chain
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Roberto Battaglia
April 02, 2011
07:57PM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
A weekend to discover farms
Here in France we have an annual festival called "De ferme en ferme" (from Farm to Farm). It takes place over a weekend where local farms open their doors and the public can taste the produce, ask questions and watch demonstrations.
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Helen Moss
March 24, 2011
07:04AM |
Mission #3
Innovations in food
Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm - U-Pick
Visitors to the Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm are able to pick their own strawberries. They are able to taste the difference of strawberries that were picked minutes ago.. They are so sweet!
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Sophia
April 03, 2011
10:12AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
No Park Zones by Natalie Jeremijenko
NoPark returns “no parking zone” — mostly those associated fire hydrant placement — to low growth mosses and grasses. Hat tip @Octavia, Tijuana Gardens.
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Christian Bentley
March 31, 2011
03:40AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
Walmart Goes Local
We all love to hate them. But in October of last year the retail behemoth announced their strategy to help add local farmers to their supply chain. Could the company be heading in the right direction?
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Cory Quach
March 30, 2011
04:21PM |
Mission #3
Innovations in food
Non-GMO Project
The Non-GMO Project is committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products.
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Joris Kamp
March 30, 2011
02:37PM |
Mission #2
Growing your own
Farming eco-village supplies surplus to neighbouring cities and offers short-term volunteering
Konohana Family Farm is a communal farm, and is part of the Global eco-village Network (GEN). Japan's continued migration to the cities enables this (and other eco-villages) to grow and take over in the wake of abandoned private small-holdings.
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Mukta Das
April 01, 2011
11:56PM |
Mission #4
Inspire us
The Green Market | Union Sq
Please watch this video. Its interesting to hear how Bill Cunningham talks about how the Green Market environment can help people 'de-stress' and reconnect with a more humbler way of living. He also analyzes the shoppers in the market.
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Alexander Rose
March 30, 2011
07:55AM |
Mission #1
Connecting communities
An Oasis in the (Food) Desert
An oasis in the desert can nourish the surrounding environment. Why not create a food oasis where healthy options are lacking, in urban areas known as "food deserts"?
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Rachel Signer
March 24, 2011
01:51AM |
Mission #2
Growing your own
See Farming As a Super-Sexy, Ultra-Attractive Profession.
Objectify those gourds and cucumbers, eggs and cheeses, breads and buns in the oven!
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Sarah Davitt
March 27, 2011
09:59PM |
