Tomorrow's Bites with Andrés and Sjacco Food Is the Centre of Everything, but We Don't Value It - with Author, TEDx Speaker and Architect, Carolyn Steel #62
Nov 13, 2024
Carolyn Steel, an architect and author, dives deep into how food shapes our cities and societies. She explores her journey from architecture to food advocacy, introducing the concept of 'Sitopia'—where food influences our lifestyles. Carolyn highlights the disconnect between urban life and food sources, advocating for true cost accounting and land reforms. She emphasizes the societal impacts of food choices and shares insights on mapping foodways to better understand urban dynamics. Ultimately, she envisions a future where food reconnects communities and fosters resilience.
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Food Shapes Everything
- Food shapes everything from bodies to cities and politics because there is no life without food.
- Cheap food is an illusion created by externalizing environmental and social costs.
From Architect To Food Scholar
- Carolyn Steel described her path from architecture to studying food after a revelatory conversation at LSE in 2000.
- She traced everyday city life through markets in Rome and London to see how food shapes cities.
Feeding A City Reveals Civilization
- Feeding a city exposes what urban civilisation truly is because food requires countryside, transport, markets, cooking and waste loops.
- Following food's journey reveals how cities depend on distributed systems and landscapes.
