Final Project Idea (Part 2)
Final Project Brain Storming (Part 2)
Topic: Food
"Food never arrived on a plate by an accident"
This is the message I aim to demonstrate in my project.
My project on food would capture the disconect between producers and consumers. It will discuss whether our current world needs more conscious eating by presenting the photos of people who are conscious eater, such as the local farmers, vegan/vegetarian, and people who are growing their own food at the allotment.
This is the elevator pitch for the topic for my photographic essay. I believe that it would be an exciting challenge to represent food in a powerful way, taking over the background story of how food arrives on our plate.
I think that it would portray the message that knowing about what we eat is crucial. Nowadays, most people buy their food in supermarkets and tend to look for cheaper products rather than making an ethical choices. This demonstrates how we do not take care of our environment as how we are always focusing on clean, cheaper things. We live in a developing world therefore we leave things behind - regardless of its history or its effect on the environment. Therefore, I aim to show that we should be a concious eater.
I received positive feedback on this idea as the Professor found it to be an interesting approach - particularly inspired by Mathieu Asselin's Monsanto Project. It was also suggested that I could capture the disconnest between producers and consumers by taking pictures that contrast local farmers and people who are making ethical choices with people who look for cheaper food.
Important Places to Visit:
Hisbe
http://hisbe.co.uk/
It is a local supermarket that is trying to change the way supermarkets do business.
Aims to make good FOOD normal, affordable, accessible, source LOCAL, SEASONAL, ETHICAL, sustainable, support independents, real producers, pay fairly, price fairly, be transparent, respect farmers, suppliers, ANIMALS and the PLANET, etc.
"Together we will transform the food industry. So eat your greens, smile at strangers and know this to be true: being a fully conscious shopper will make you popular, desirable and very attractive."
Infinity Foods
http://infinityfoodsretail.coop/
Infinity Foods Shop has one of the largest selection of organic and natural vegetarian and vegan foods in the South East. We also cater for a range of dietary needs, including gluten-free and raw food.
It offers an extensive range of vegetarian products – from cupboard essentials to freshly baked bread and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Charity
It gives a proportion of their profits to charity.
Usually they are local charities who are dealing with problems such as poverty and homelessness in Brighton or environmental charities who are working to protect our Sussex wildlife.
Some other charities include working within the community through sponsoring many of the wonderful local schemes which are flourishing under initiatives such as the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership.
Infinity Foods also take responsibility for their unsold food, donating bread, fruit and veg and other items to homeless shelters and local intercepted food projects.
Barcombe Nurseries
ORGANIC VEGETABLE GROWERS AND BOX SCHEME
https://www.barcombenurseries.co.uk/
They grow a rotation of a wide range of alliums, brassicas, curcubits, legumes and graminae (the families of leeks, cabbage, squash, beans and sweetcorn).
It is from these crops that they decide the menu for the contents of each week's vegetables boxes, supplementing them with produce from other organic growers, local and further afield, as we need.
Its aim is to produce a veg box that is as local as possible, filled with fresh varied seasonal produce at good value the year through.
Allotment
http://tenantrydown.org.uk/
Foodshed Brighton
https://www.foodshedbrighton.com/
It is a place where the co-op workers sell locally grown food, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy products. They work with local charities and community groups by offering them a forum to promote their projects and fund raise for their campaigns.
Topic: Food
"Food never arrived on a plate by an accident"
This is the message I aim to demonstrate in my project.
My project on food would capture the disconect between producers and consumers. It will discuss whether our current world needs more conscious eating by presenting the photos of people who are conscious eater, such as the local farmers, vegan/vegetarian, and people who are growing their own food at the allotment.
This is the elevator pitch for the topic for my photographic essay. I believe that it would be an exciting challenge to represent food in a powerful way, taking over the background story of how food arrives on our plate.
I think that it would portray the message that knowing about what we eat is crucial. Nowadays, most people buy their food in supermarkets and tend to look for cheaper products rather than making an ethical choices. This demonstrates how we do not take care of our environment as how we are always focusing on clean, cheaper things. We live in a developing world therefore we leave things behind - regardless of its history or its effect on the environment. Therefore, I aim to show that we should be a concious eater.
I received positive feedback on this idea as the Professor found it to be an interesting approach - particularly inspired by Mathieu Asselin's Monsanto Project. It was also suggested that I could capture the disconnest between producers and consumers by taking pictures that contrast local farmers and people who are making ethical choices with people who look for cheaper food.
Important Places to Visit:
Hisbe
http://hisbe.co.uk/
It is a local supermarket that is trying to change the way supermarkets do business.
Aims to make good FOOD normal, affordable, accessible, source LOCAL, SEASONAL, ETHICAL, sustainable, support independents, real producers, pay fairly, price fairly, be transparent, respect farmers, suppliers, ANIMALS and the PLANET, etc.
"Together we will transform the food industry. So eat your greens, smile at strangers and know this to be true: being a fully conscious shopper will make you popular, desirable and very attractive."
Infinity Foods
http://infinityfoodsretail.coop/
Infinity Foods Shop has one of the largest selection of organic and natural vegetarian and vegan foods in the South East. We also cater for a range of dietary needs, including gluten-free and raw food.
It offers an extensive range of vegetarian products – from cupboard essentials to freshly baked bread and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Charity
It gives a proportion of their profits to charity.
Usually they are local charities who are dealing with problems such as poverty and homelessness in Brighton or environmental charities who are working to protect our Sussex wildlife.
Some other charities include working within the community through sponsoring many of the wonderful local schemes which are flourishing under initiatives such as the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership.
Infinity Foods also take responsibility for their unsold food, donating bread, fruit and veg and other items to homeless shelters and local intercepted food projects.
Barcombe Nurseries
ORGANIC VEGETABLE GROWERS AND BOX SCHEME
https://www.barcombenurseries.co.uk/
They grow a rotation of a wide range of alliums, brassicas, curcubits, legumes and graminae (the families of leeks, cabbage, squash, beans and sweetcorn).
It is from these crops that they decide the menu for the contents of each week's vegetables boxes, supplementing them with produce from other organic growers, local and further afield, as we need.
Its aim is to produce a veg box that is as local as possible, filled with fresh varied seasonal produce at good value the year through.
Allotment
http://tenantrydown.org.uk/
Foodshed Brighton
https://www.foodshedbrighton.com/
It is a place where the co-op workers sell locally grown food, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy products. They work with local charities and community groups by offering them a forum to promote their projects and fund raise for their campaigns.
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