Famished
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What are you hungry for? The first iteration of this project was developed in Portland, Oregon through several community engagement events.
FAMISHED is an interactive theatrical documentary about the complex relationships we develop with and around food, and the social and political discourse that develops in our efforts to satisfy our essential hungers. These events included a series of interactive performance installations as part of Portland Center Stage's JAW event, a reading of scenes in development at CoHo Theatre's RAW event, a
Conjuring a new paradigm in the context of so much political upheaval. To that end, please respond to the question and share your images/words/artistic response to the FAMISHED archive:
What would it look like if everyone in Arizona knew where their next meal was coming from?
02/03/2017
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Mahatma Gandhi
Congratulations to Flowers and Bullets for gaining TUSD approval to utilize the Julia Keen School as an urban ag and arts center.
12/07/2016
Fresh approaches to production in the desert.
Desert Farm Grows 17,000 Tons of Food without Soil, Pesticides, Fossil Fuels or Groundwater The world's first farm to use seawater and sunlight to grow food in the middle of a desert just opened. Using coconut husks, 23,000 mirrors to reflect solar power, and desalinated water, Sundrop Farms situated in Port Augusta – a desert area in Australian – works agricultural voodoo. Without resorti...
"The mindful eater becomes aware of the interconnection of earth, living beings, and cultural practices and the impact of their food choices on those systems."
-The Center for Mindful Eating
The Center for Mindful Eating - Principles of Mindful Eating
11/15/2016
One in three of our nation’s children are on track to develop diabetes in their lifetime. For kids of color, it’s one in two.
11/02/2016
Inaugural potluck with leaders of Tucson's food culture. We are so lucky to be devising with people of great conscience and commitment.
10/30/2016
More failed promises from Monsanto and partnering herbicide/pesticide industry. This is a must read!
Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops Higher yields with less pesticides was the sales pitch for genetically modified seeds. But that has not proved to be the outcome in the United States.
10/28/2016
In the fugue of American consumerism.
10/26/2016
Industrial food designers reconsider social norms around food.
The Wastefulness of Modern Dining, as Performance Art - The New Yorker The Austrian duo Honey and Bunny want to make us reëxamine the culinary mores that we so easily take for granted.
10/23/2016
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