Marie…my food experiences My name is Marie, I come from the west of Ireland. I grew up on a little farm on the side of a mountain. We always grew our own vegetables in large plots in a field near the house. I have four brothers and we all had to help grow, weed and […]
What sort of things are included in the Future of food? After our meeting in Holland, where we spent a lovely week knowing more about each other and the different initiatives that built this learning partnership, we can share a common vision for the future of Food! During this meeting, we also had the opportunity […]
What is the landscape we are creating? by Lucia Fernández During our FOF meeting in the wonderful Holland, I was very amused by the landscape and the differences in the ecosystems comparing to the place were I am coming from, which were always a source of inspiration. Going deeper into this topic, there was […]
We enjoyed the beauty of nature in edible flowers. Click here to see and download a poster with common edible flowers: edible flowers2
In Ireland we learned about edible seaweeds and foraged them to prepare dishes. Click here to see and download the poster of edible seaweeds: Seaweed poster Click here to see and download the backside of the poster with recipes: Seaweed poster recipes:
In almost all meetings (Spain, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Hungary) we learned about edible wild plants and foraged them for fresh salads and smoothies. Klik here to see and download the PDF-poster of edible wild plants: 15.6 Wild plants poster Klik here to see and download the backsite of the poster with recipes: 15.6 Wild plants poster recipes
Text by Fionnuala Collins, editing by Agnes Repka. The group were then given a tour of the farm where we were staying. As well as meeting all the animals such as new baby lambs, new puppies, a hairy Hungarian pig, goats, sheep, rabbits, we met the owners and the local farmer assistant and heard a […]
Hungarian meeting-June 11th-16th Agnes Repka the Hungarian co-ordinator organised the final meeting in Kelemen Majorsag, in Piliscsev, about an hour from Budapest. Day One- We started with a welcome circle where each participant introduced themselves and spoke for a little time around their expectations for the week. This was followed by Sebastian outlining informal learning […]
One of the aspects of the future of food, is to relearn to save seeds. Our dependency on buying seeds for food, from fewer and bigger companies every year, makes us vulnarable. Rare and local traditional varieties are disappearing. This posters gives an overview of the most common used vegetables and how to save their […]
Wednesday was Earth Day and a total of 5 projects were met throughout Groningen. RKZ The first was RKZ, a cooperative which had squatted a disused hospital in the 1970’s before gaining an agreement on use and now housed a total of 250 residents who were responsible for the maintenance of the buildings, mixed employment […]