If you’ve ever wondered how food travels from the farm to the market to your plate and what are the different forces that shape the food culture of Bengaluru city, then this workshop is for you!
Spread over 2 days, Who Feeds Bengaluru (WFB) was an exploration into different forces that shape how the city of Bengaluru eats. It was a participatory research project fuelled by collective community thinking and doing, to get a clearer idea of the people who feed Bengaluru.
DAY 2: 23 August 2020 - 10:00 AM IST ONWARDS
The second day had a series of short talks and a Cook-Along.
AGRO-CULTURAL ECOLOGIES THAT SHAPE THE FOOD SYSTEM OF AND AROUND BENGALURU
By Sheetal Patil, Azim Premji University
Sheetal Patil is a researcher at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Her contribution to interdisciplinary empirical research has been in the areas of sustainability of smallholder agriculture in rural as well as peri-urban areas with specific focus on interlinkages between agroecology and social well-being.
FARMING IN THE CITY: LINKING URBAN AGRICULTURE TO PEOPLE’S WELLBEING AND URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
By Chandni Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Dr. Chandni Singh is a researcher and faculty member at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore. She works on the interface of climate change adaptation and development with a focus on agrarian livelihoods and rural to urban migration.
LEARNING FROM DOING: EXPERIENCES OF URBAN AGRICULTURE IN BENGALURU
By Prathigna Poonacha, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Prathigna Poonacha is a researcher and faculty member at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore. Her work focuses on understanding climate change impacts and responses in urban and peri-urban geographies both from top-down and bottom up perspectives.
Prathigna conversed with a panel consisting of four invited practitioners, followed by a Q&A session.
The panel included -
Meenakshi - Home gardener
Hariram - Balcony gardener
Anamika Bist - Founder of community farming enterprise - Village Story
Pooja Vasanth - Rooftop farming initiator at IIHS
12:00 NOON IST
COOK-ALONG - FOOD, THE CITY, AND YOU
By Chef Johnson, Chef Mythrayie & Chef Avinash from LORE
CLICK HERE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE COOK-ALONG
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‘Who Feeds Bengaluru?’ is supported by the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum. It is organised in collaboration with Edible Issues.
Bengaluru Sustainability Forum is an inter-institutional collaborative initiative that aims to address issues relating to long-term sustainability of urban and peri-urban landscapes. It focuses on public goods and urban commons – including water, air and soil – amongst others.
Edible Issues is a food systems collective fostering thought and action on the Indian food system innovation, through public participatory events, research projects, meetups, and more.
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