Welcome to the Food project notes

there are no greenhouse gas emission standards for food, so the best is to buy/source local.

food strategy for Olympics around sustainability is a major legacy point for Olympics 2012 - visibility

goal is to implement strategies and food standards which can flow farther down the pipe

gardens are reclaiming feral space... growing communities. julie brown - creating these communities - teaching people how to run box programmes.

capital growth gives grants for community gardens, tool donations etc. from major companies to help support the growth around these projects

needed: seed banks which allow for aggregation - in a free cycle model where surplus banks are available for integration. 

project dirt - capital growth - how to create a Hub Garden? 

creation of a climate friendly food pyramid - what would this look like as an infographic? - easy designer task.

food problems: monolithic state of multinationals - in terms of control of production chain for food and clout for distribution. 

gov't having decided that supermarkets write health policy. 

answers to solving this problem: distributed production and education

small scale hydroponics - how to make this efficient  

we throw away 33% of what we buy - growing our own food makes rethink about how we consume food. 

education and lack of cooking - whole generations that don't 

"the obesity bomb"

school gardening programmes - mandatory gardening as a solution for both childhood obesity and getting kids - hub to talk to schools about doing a school based garden?