Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 103: Food Art & Material Practice

What can we learn about #foodsystems from making #art and getting our hands on the #materiality of food? Oh so very much!

https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2172998/

Writer, artist, and psychotherapist Susan Goldberg discusses her artwork, poem, and reflection piece, “Milk and Bread” (Vol. 12 No. 1 of Canadian Food Studies), and recent master’s graduate Caylie Warkentin weighs in with a perspective on material practice more generally. We touch on the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group (horg.com), which documents and categorizes bread bag ties—in all seriousness AND silliness. And, as Alexia Moyer shares, there are some fascinating parallels between #gender and #cutlery to be explored. Sink your tines into that!

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodArt
#FoundArt
#FoodSystems
#Materiality
#Milk
#Bread
#BreadBagTies
#DomesticLabour
#Poetry
#HouseholdManagement
#Cutlery
#Tableware
#Gender
#WomensWork
#covid
#FoodPodcast

image: Susan Goldberg

The 2nd fruiting of the #figs. These are just left on the trees for wildlife. We only pick the first flush fruiting of figs.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities #Autumn

So many wheelbarrow loads of wood mulch. We got a lot done, together 😀

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#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #mulch #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities #Autumn

Volunteers working on mulching at #WellandCommunityOrchard. We got a big pile of fabulous, mostly cedar wood mulch from a local sawmill.

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#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #mulch #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities

Boiling water to make tea for work party break.

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#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities

American #persimmons harvested.

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#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #fruits #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities #harvest

Excellent work party at #WellandCommunityOrchard today. Harvesting #persimmons & #mulching the #FruitTrees.

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#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #WorkParty #mulch #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #CultivatingCommunities #harvest #fruit

#RegenerativeAgriculture Goes Mainstream

by Jan Lee Jul 10th 2025

"The world’s hottest year on record may also mark the beginning of the end for carbon-intensive, conventional farming. Several factors have converged to bring regenerative practices into the mainstream, while a new study demonstrates that farmers can produce just as much food while improving land productivity by transitioning away from conventional practices.

"#RegenerativeFarming first hit headlines as part of '#LivingSystemsThinking' in the 1960s, later gaining interest among health-conscious foodies when the concept was popularized by food author #MichaelPollan. Today, techniques such as #CoverCropping and integrated pest management are being embraced not only by #environmental activists but also by multinational food companies. The difference is that now, this approach is celebrated for its practical effectiveness in maintaining a consistent food supply in an era of #ClimateChange-driven supply shocks."

Read more:
https://earth.org/regenerative-agriculture-trends-and-impacts/

#FoodForAll #SolarPunkSunday
#Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming
#Intercropping #Polyculture #Resiliency #FoodSystems #ClimateChangeFarming