Food

"Eaters must understand that eating takes place inescapably in the world, that it is inescapably an agricultural act, and that how we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." Wendell Berry

Action Ideas[]

Articles

Local and seasonal recipes - start some or add some to this wiki!
Farmers' market

Local food - see separate article

Wanted pages

Slow food
Meat free Mondays
Annual Solar Cookout, Second Annual Solar Cookout!, Sustainable NE Seattle

other ideas

pass on home cooking skills to younger people, for example young parents
Visit an organic farm
Wholefood supplies
Food co-operatives
Bulk buy schemes
Healthy eating initiatives
Food Forest, see for example: It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest. Forget meadows. The city’s new park will be filled with edible plants, and everything from pears to herbs will be free for the taking. takepart.com, February 21, 2012
school-community kitchens, eg Rethinking School Lunch: school-community kitchens on ecoliteracy.org

Why it matters

(article needed)

Diary 2007[]

October 16 World Food Day

Village cinema[]

thumb|500px|left Tip: click the four arrow symbol, bottom right of each embedded video (where available) to view video full screen. <videogallery> Video:Paul McCartney - Meat Free Monday Song

Video:Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities|Urban focus </videogallery>

Random facts[]

The number of chronically hungry people is expected to top 1 billion in 2009, up from 850 million in 2007. Source: Worldwatch Institute, October 1, 2009

Why it’s green to be vegetarian

Farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions (18%) than the world’s entire transport system (13.5%). ^[1]

Related[]

SCA

Wikisphere

Food First Information and Action Network ^W
Low carbon diet ^W
Organic food ^W
Vertical farming ^W
Solar Cooking Archive WikiNode
Vegan - dedicated to the collation of a structured argument in favour of veganism as a lifestyle. The central advantages for veganism include human health, environmental / sustainability considerations, animal suffering, economic, sociological and for some people there are religious reasons to be vegan.
Ethical eating and food production on Appropedia