Experimental Food Design for Sustainable Futures by Feeding Food Futures

Abstract

Experimental Food Design for Sustainable Futures was a two-day workshop organised as part of a long-term design research practice of the Feeding Food Futures (FFF) network. It experimented with food as a biodesign material and socio-culturally potent, sensory rich starting point from which to reflect on social and ecological uncertainties. Acknowledging that humanfood practices are key drivers of climate change, the workshop prompted participants to co-create scenarios and collages imagining alternative food practices that prioritise eco-social sustainability and consider morethan-human perspectives. The workshop outcomes were compiled into a collaborative More-than-Human Food Futures Cookbook presenting eleven experimental food futures recipes that aim to provoke imagination and inspire critical thinking on how human-food practices could be different – supporting relational flourishing.