- Systemic changes
Food, as one of the primary intermediaries between human beings and nature, is the key to reconnecting with a more-than human world in this Anthropocentric environment. This project speculates on new ways of caring through the passion for food and its sources. It aims at reconnecting the community with nature by consolidation a network of urban seed savers through an installation of modular terracotta seed containers and gardens, activated by a series of free activities in the public space. A seedbank, as a response to local environmental changes, a proof of resilience and the engagement for open-pollinated seed diversity, Food Sovereignty and more-than human rituals. Being a seed savers equals being a human sensor of care for the environment. This space welcomes the future with patience and security, hosting spaces of trade, of multispecies cooperation, transformation and cycles.
Drone view of modular installation
Terracotta seed container details. Natural material that allows for longer and healthier conservation of open-pollinated seeds.
Public activities. Caring about our food, means caring about this world and all living organisms that inhabit this territory in mutuality.
Seed Day hosted at Atrio San Francisco in 2019 in which we organized a Community Seed Exchange, Seed library, Seed documentary public projection and debate as well as an open talk about Seed Sovereignty.
Food Sovereignty Network proposal. Food Sovereignty, which encompasses the right to health, culture, ecology, sustainability and choices in our food systems, is our key idea concept that can support rearticulate the lost bond between human beings and our environment. It reveals ways that help us rediscover the pleasure of eating and the passion for the organisms that nourish us
