Super Meal at Färgfabriken – an art project

Contact: Erik Sjödin
Stockholm, Sweden
2010-07-15

Färgfabriken (a center for contemporary art and architecture in Stockholm, Sweden) have invited Erik Sjödin, who during the summer will be showing his ongoing art project Super Meal at Färgfabriken.

Super Meal is a project that revolves around growing, cooking and eating the super-waterplant Azolla*. Azolla is one of the world’s fastest growing plants and a rich source of nutrients which among other things makes it an interesting crop for space agriculture. In Super Meal Erik explores the idea of Azolla as a future fast food.

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Nonprofit group makes farmers of urban teens – Food Project provides produce to local markets

By Patrick G. Lee
The Boston Globe
July 10, 2010

Excerpt:

“We like to think of the first lady, Michelle Obama, as now the most famous vegetable gardener in the country, but you all are a close second,’’ Sebelius said of Boston’s work supporting local and sustainable food sources. “It really is us learning from you a model that we can take and replicate around the country.’’

Sebelius said that obesity and tobacco use, as leading causes of chronic disease nationally, contribute to rising health care costs. Today, 75 cents of every dollar spent on health care goes toward treating chronic diseases, she said.

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Abalimi Bezekhaya – Harvest of the Hope. Cape Town (South Africa), the business “Harvest of Hope” is selling 170-200 boxes of mixed vegetables a week. Urban Producer Field Schools emphasize the identified weaknesses of production planning, quality control, and pack shed management. This project won the Impumelelo Sustainability Award for 2010

RUAF Update 15 – July 2010

Excerpt:

RUAF from Seed to Table programme

In the past months, the producers who participate in the urban agricultural businesses that are supported by RUAF in 17 cities, have started to harvest and market their first products. Please find some of the experiences described below. All groups have analysed the results from the first production cycle(s) and identified on the improvements to be made in the second production and marketing cycle, which lessons are included in the second round of Urban Producer Field School sessions. New sessions will give for example more attention to Integrated Pest Management, post-harvest technologies and negotiations with buyers.

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