About This Live Project v.2.1
Firstly the Sheffield Food Network links sustainable food outlets, producers and restaurants to the people of Sheffield, but aims to extend this relationship by sharing ideas about growing fruit and vegetables, butchery, baking, local recipes, how to forage for wild food, and much more.
The Sheffield Food Network continues the exchange of information started by Grow Sheffield and Abundance Sheffield with the overall long term aim of creating an open social network, connecting people who have an interest in sharing Sheffield’s sustainable food resources.
Monday 3 November 2008
Sheffield Live - 93.2 FM
Today Sheffield Food Networks’ very own Martin Lydon discussed the vision of the network when interviewed by Grow Sheffield’s ‘local reggae’ food forager Stephen Watts on Sheffield Live 93.2 FM. Promotion of the food network and key findings so far were at the forefront of the discussion intermingled with ethics, environment and growing your own food…
To hear more/see the interview film and enjoy some of the music offered see the links below:
Encounter's at the Encounters' Shop
The 30th October saw the takeover of the encounter’s shop by Sheffield Food Network, a range of activities on offer to passers by and regulars in exchange for an apple or a ‘chocolate apple wedge’. The event was successful in terms of engaging some of the resident’s of Sharrow. Participants wrote a story or a memory of food that was important to them and others drew on a plate their favourite food mapping the origin of the ingredients on the food map provided.
A wide range of meals were depicted on plates and used to decorate the shop. Additional contributions to the map were added by a number of people who entered the shop. Whilst participating in these activities engaging people on the their thoughts on food, in particular shopping locally, where they shopped and why. This gave a good foundation and created an interesting discourse throughout the day.
A wide variety of individuals, as well as some groups, some had heard of abundance (recently featured on river cottage on channel 4) and others simply came in with their children to participated in the planned activities. One group used the shop as their final destination on an adventure trail they were doing with their parents.
Friday 31 October 2008
Eating Seasonally
Thursday 30 October 2008
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Wednesday 29 October 2008
Changing Families, Changing Food
This is a link to Peter Jackson's research: the investigation 'takes food as the lens through which to observe recent changes in family life and examines how changes in family form have affected patterns of food consumption. The Programme's findings are expected to contribute to current debates about obesity and nutrition, media and consumption, food choice and deprivation'.
The objectives of the investigation are outlined and the findings are expected to be posted shortly.
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/familiesandfood/
Sarah