An interview made during the Future of Food learning partnership about the future of food growing, food preparation, eating and education with Samatha Burch from Gaia y sofia organization, Asturias, Spain. Filmed and edited by Agnes Repka and the Community Conscious. Share our love for food!
What is needed to grow healthy food ? World café during FoF stay in Spain autumn 2013. In one World Café we discussed in small groups the question ‘What is needed to grow healthy food?’. On a big paper we wrote down our thoughts and explained to each other what we ment. For example someone […]
In the Spanish meeting we used several techniques to involve everyone on an equal basis in the process. One of the powerful tools to promote collective creativity is the world café. We used the World Café to work in small groups on the brainstorming and planning of the products we intend to make during the […]
I first encountered “Council” as part of a two day group experience called “Council of all beings”, an empathy building process held by deep ecologists to help ease the sense of alienation from the living Earth that many people feel today. However, the way of council is a theme that is being explored by practice […]
The tree of expectations is a group feedback tool that serves as a check-in point for participants in a meeting. Expectations are drawn on the leaves of a tree that symbolically represents a flowing cycle of energy. Each participant shares with the group how much their expectations are being met by starting the first day by […]
During our meeting in Spain, we explored our four fields, GROWING AND COLLECTING, FOOD PREPARATION, EATING AND SHARING and COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION. We shared knowledge, skills and ideas from many different cultural backgrounds along Europe. And we did realize that food was even more important at a personal level, feeling identified by similar attitudes rooted […]
Before a learning experience takes place, there is usually a period where a program and time-table of activities are created, with the intention to set a purpose and a framework to the future meeting. When designing such a meeting program, it is easy to get carried away by a strong feeling that our time together […]
Some recipes made during our meeting in Spain. Paté last for life. A recipe told by Julia. Ingredients: – almond pulp (from making almondmilk) – a lot of olive oil – nutrition yeast flakes – finely chopped onion – salt – oregano – little bit of almond milk – finely cut red bell pepper – […]
This Film is a little teaser for the upcoming Zine. It was made at Posada del Valle, Asturias, Spain, at the first meeting of our learning partnership. Julia and Sebastian visiting Viktor, a neighbour, to get some fresh kale for a typical asturian meal: kale and chestnut stew. That day we prepared a cooked and […]
Creating delicious food in Spain November 2013 For four days we came together and active shared ideas and recipes during lunch and dinner preparation times, about 4,5 hours a day to give an idea about the time spend on this by different participants. We learned many things about gorgeous looking and tasting food, fully made […]