What if your produce had a passport?
How far has your food traveled to reach your grocery store? How many people are involved in its voyage to your table? This project will document the impact global food distribution has local agriculture and the people behind the food we eat
We live in an age of instant gratification--fast food, microwave dinners, out-of-season fruit in the dead of winter.
What if your produce had a passport? I want to put faces on those involved in the journey our food travels before arriving at our dinner table: everyone from the CEO of big businesses, the small farmer, the harvester, the illegal day laborer, the truck driver. This project will address the effects agribusiness and mass consumption has on our health and the future of our planet
My inspiration is Jane Goodall's book, "Harvest For Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating," which raises awareness of the choices we make.
Areas of interest:
• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway
• Millennium Seed Bank Project in England
• Factory farms in Texas
• The dying industry of family farming in the United States and the UK
• Child laborers in West African cocoa industry
• Food processing factories
• Distribution centers
• Corporate headquarters of major agribusinesses
28 Comments
the great big global food disaster we've started might be the most important of this age. the more aware we are about where our food comes from and how its made, the better the modern food industry will become. ace idea, not impossible to implement and its effect would be dramatic.
I love this idea and think this project could reach far and wide to educate about our food supply and to inspire more thoughtful and informed choices. I really really really really hope Meg gets to shoot her dream assignment.
How neat to see who is involved in the food ew eat!
amazing..i'll get my crew to vote!
Good luck Meg. Please help people see the true evils of the the factory farming industry.
Good luck Meg. Please help people see the true evils of the the factory farming industry.
this is awesome. i'll spread the word! good luck!
wow i hope number #1 doesn't win... that's the most unoriginal idea ever.
this idea is so relevant. more work needs to be done on this, more people need to be made aware of where our food comes from. we need to reconnect to our roots, and our food, and what better way to bring it all to light than through your beautiful photography? win this thing!
thanks for everyone's support thus far!
to those who have yet to vote, click on "PIC IT!" box to do so
Hear that, it is me clapping for your great idea. Just by posting this information you have reminded us all to think about our consumption and daily choices.
I like your idea!
I voted for you; will you vote for me? Let's do this and see how it turns out. Let's help each other!
Good luck!
Hey Meg! I love your idea and hope you win. GOOD LUCK!!
An amazing idea. Good luck!!!!!!!!
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I love this idea! check out mine and Pic it if youd like! Congo here I come...
This is such a cool idea. So many people are completely disconnected from how food gets to their tables these days. This project could have real impact. I'd love to see it win!
thanks, like it,certainly some good ideas getting lost in the mix amongst all this computer network votes..and if you like mine,about orhpans in USA and Africa, please return the vote!
...excellent & timely idea! You have my vote! I've also just 'spread your word' on "Ooooby", a website/forum that I'm a member of. It shares information and encouragement for people who grow their own food "Out Of Our Own Backyards" :)
Best of luck to you!!
http://ooooby.ning.com/
This truly is a great idea. You've got my vote. Best of luck!
This is a very cool idea, and very different.
Great Idea Meg! :)
wonderful idea. have you read "Panama Hat Trail"? reminds me of this.
good luck
Such a great idea. I hope this really happens. Good luck!
very intriguing Meg... its clear to me that our food supply chain in the US has a direct affect on our world leading obesity rate... thus contributing to our current healthcare crisis. Good Luck!
yay meg. i like it. you got my vote. good luck
This idea beats out the most popular on this site (we already had an ansel adams thanks...)
...its original, current for today's global society and has a better end goal in sight.
good job, keep the voting coming!