Connecting communities

Is there a difference between urban and rural food production and consumption?

When we live in one or other of these areas we might take for granted how we view the availability and provision of the food we consume. 30 years ago food didn’t travel the miles it does today - have we forgotten what its like to prepare, eat and enjoy locally produced food that is in season?

If you live in an urban community try visiting or talking to people you know in rural areas - what are the differences in the way food is consumed (and vice versa)? If you’ve moved from the city to a rural area or rural to urban - what do you miss in your food experiences? Try talking to parents, grandparents or other elderly people you know. What inspires you about the way we used to view food production and consumption? Are there any other connections between local communities that are not food related but could provide useful insights? Take photos, sketch out maps or diagrams of inspiring connections, tell us stories of how communities come together around food.

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A local food social enterprise which bypasses central markets and middlemen connecting city folk directly to farmers. Each week over 1000 subscribers pick up their box of produce from their City Cousin, one of 70 around Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Connecting farmers to city folk

A local food social enterprise which bypasses central markets and middlemen connecting city folk directly to farmers. Each week over 1000 subscribers pick up their box of produce from their City Cousin, one of 70 around Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

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DeletedUser

03:26, Apr 03, 2011

Amazing gardens run by the Vietnamese-American community in New Orleans, and a project to rebuild the gardens after Katrina.

Viet Village Urban Farm

Amazing gardens run by the Vietnamese-American community in New Orleans, and a project to rebuild the gardens after Katrina.

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Delia Kulukundis

18:20, Apr 02, 2011

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.

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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DeletedUser

03:55, Apr 03, 2011

This six-acre nonprofit urban farm grows fruits, vegetables, and herbs in high tunnels -- also called "hoop houses"—that provide a low-cost, high-yield way to garden year-round.

Real Food Farm, Baltimore MD

This six-acre nonprofit urban farm grows fruits, vegetables, and herbs in high tunnels -- also called "hoop houses"—that provide a low-cost, high-yield way to garden year-round.

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DeletedUser

08:29, Apr 02, 2011

Farmers’ markets are growing exponentially. But many farmers and chefs still seem to struggle to find each other and work together. Looking at bridging the gap between farmers and chef's in the means of 'speed dating'

Farmer- chef connection!

Farmers’ markets are growing exponentially. But many farmers and chefs still seem to struggle to find each other and work together. Looking at bridging the gap between farmers and chef's in the means of 'speed dating'

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DeletedUser

05:50, Apr 02, 2011

'Feast on the Bridge' is part of the Thames Festival in London (a day event on Southwark Bridge) and is a spectacular day of food, music & dance from all corners of the world. A community day featuring butter churning to amazing live music.

Feast on the Bridge - enjoying a community meal in the heart of London

'Feast on the Bridge' is part of the Thames Festival in London (a day event on Southwark Bridge) and is a spectacular day of food, music & dance from all corners of the world. A community day featuring butter churning to amazing live music.

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Louise Wilson

07:34, Apr 02, 2011

Empowering children and communities through interactive green spaces

City Blossoms, Balto-Washington Area

Empowering children and communities through interactive green spaces

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DeletedUser

08:56, Apr 02, 2011

A rule of thumb where families endeavour to only consume food that can be sourced within a three mile radius

Three Mile Meal

A rule of thumb where families endeavour to only consume food that can be sourced within a three mile radius

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DeletedUser

07:39, Apr 02, 2011

The individuals and communities that grow and harvest these fruits and vegetables are rich with stories. Share these faces, names and stories with the consumer. Have students be the authors with internet forums to foster the connection.

Each piece of Fruit and each Vegetable has a Story

The individuals and communities that grow and harvest these fruits and vegetables are rich with stories. Share these faces, names and stories with the consumer. Have students be the authors with internet forums to foster the connection.

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DeletedUser

12:05, Apr 02, 2011

Moveable Feast, Baltimore MD

FEED people FIGHT disease FOSTER hope

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DeletedUser

08:47, Apr 02, 2011

Community institutions collaborated to form worker owned businesses as a new form of community economic development. Green City Growers is one of those businesses.

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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DeletedUser

04:55, Apr 03, 2011

A strategic number of Grower and Community Collaborative initiatives around instilling community pride in food production and food consumption for long term sustainability

Connecting producers, community and consumers by instilling pride in production and produce locally

A strategic number of Grower and Community Collaborative initiatives around instilling community pride in food production and food consumption for long term sustainability

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DeletedUser

03:24, Apr 02, 2011

FInding a better way for student life inside a university city, Melbourne, with food.

What does food mean to us in where we live and study?

FInding a better way for student life inside a university city, Melbourne, with food.

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DeletedUser

19:30, Apr 02, 2011

Field trips to Farmers

Students in urban areas can take virtual field trips to farmers in rural areas in order to gain more understanding of where and how their food is grown.

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DeletedUser

23:09, Apr 02, 2011

Vasili’s Garden explores the secret world of migrant Australia, entering people’s lives through the garden gate and exploring their gardening obsessions and culinary delights.

No wonder these people live to 100!!

Finding local gardeners to share the Tricks of the Trade

Vasili’s Garden explores the secret world of migrant Australia, entering people’s lives through the garden gate and exploring their gardening obsessions and culinary delights. No wonder these people live to 100!!

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DeletedUser

23:49, Apr 02, 2011

Grocery stores have started featuring organic foods, but after reading "Animal Vegetable Mineral" I started trying to find local, seasonal produce. After moving to New York I was happy to see that FreshDirect (a grocery delivery service) does that.

Eating local, seasonal food is yummy!

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DeletedUser

18:35, Apr 02, 2011

FoodHub is a dynamic online marketplace that makes it easy and efficient for professional food buyers of all kinds to source regionally produced food.

Connecting regional produced food to everyone

FoodHub is a dynamic online marketplace that makes it easy and efficient for professional food buyers of all kinds to source regionally produced food.

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DeletedUser

04:30, Apr 02, 2011

One man goes above and beyond to bring a free farmer's market to a park in the Mission district of San Francisco, and it's blossomed into a true community event.

a Free Farm Stand in San Francisco

One man goes above and beyond to bring a free farmer's market to a park in the Mission district of San Francisco, and it's blossomed into a true community event.

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DeletedUser

16:57, Apr 02, 2011

Workshops (Boot Camps) for local farmers on a variety of topics including branding & marketing, distribution & logistics, and setting up a growers association or collective. Connect and co-create with regional farmers to organize a united front.

Fruit Camps (yeah that's right, sounds like boot camps)

Workshops (Boot Camps) for local farmers on a variety of topics including branding & marketing, distribution & logistics, and setting up a growers association or collective. Connect and co-create with regional farmers to organize a united front.

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