Foodcurators

𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥
The whole world is on our plate, yet our food is becoming increasingly less diverse. Everywhere in the world the same species of cattle and same species of crops are bred. We are rapidly losing a wealth of local heritage, local flavors and local crafts. A universal food system might seem highly efficient but it is indeed very fragile.

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(𝐮𝐧)𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥
When prosperity increases, meat consumption also increases; even surpassing what is healthy. Plus, the richer we get the more fast food we eat. It is the paradox of our increasing wealth: we eat (too) much but suffer from hidden hunger as we do not get all needed nutrients. The food production system is fully pumped up: inflated large volumes without real substance or taste.
(un)Happy Meal serves two vegetables which typically often contain a lot of water and little taste. In this dish they become very tasty, although they no longer look so radiant. What do we find more important: the picture or the true content of our food?

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Eten in de kerkbanken van De Oostkerk: en het wordt écht iets heel bijzonders! Er zijn nog maar een paar plekjes vrij voor aanstaande zondag

The whole world is on our plate, yet our food is becoming increasingly less diverse. Everywhere in the world the same species of cattle are bred. We are rapidly losing a wealth of local heritage, local flavors, local crafts. A universal food system might seem highly efficient but it is indeed very fragile.

𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥
People all over the world eat bananas. They are all the same bananas: the Cavendish species. The Cavendish is threatened by an untreatable fungal disease. Because of the lack of biodiversity in bananas all banana plants in the world are at risk of getting infected. Therefor it is a real possibility we might not have any bananas in ten years.

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