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NEW: Get your copy of the Foodprint Papers! We’ve published the edited and illustrated transcript of the entire Foodprint NYC program, in a perfect-bound, print-on-demand pamphlet designed by the talented Dylan Lathrop. Volume 2, featuring Foodprint Toronto, is coming soon!
You can now watch Foodprint NYC, Foodprint Toronto, Foodprint Denver, and Foodprint LA below or on our Vimeo channel.
Foodprint LA: Zoning Diet
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 2012
The fourth in our international event series was generously hosted by LACMA on December 9, 2012. For our first panel, Zoning Diet, guest moderator Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG asked Hadley Arnold, Co-Director of the Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University, Nate Berg, a journalist covering cities, science and design, Dr. Deborah Cohen, researcher in the area of the built environment and health at the RAND Corporation, Paula Daniels, Senior Adviser on Food Policy and Special Water Projects to Mayor Villaraigosa, and Rudy Espinoza, an urban planner and community investment specialist, how zoning, policy, infrastructure, and economics shape Los Angeles’s food systems. Special thanks to Adrian Lopez, our volunteer videographer.
Foodprint LA: Culinary Cartography
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 2012
Our second panel was called Culinary Cartography. We asked food critic Jonathan Gold, Mary Lee, Deputy Director of the Center for Health Equity and Place at PolicyLink, participatory mapping scholar Benjamin Stokes, and Teague Weybright, current Board President of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council, what we can learn when we map Los Angeles using food as the metric.
Foodprint LA: Edible Archaeology
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 2012
Our third panel was called Edible Archaeology. We asked Gustavo Arellano, editor of OC Weekly and author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, Willy Blackmore, Los Angeles editor of Tasting Table, Judith Gerber, author of Farming in Torrance and the South Bay, Matt Novak, author of the Paleofuture blog for Smithsonian magazine, and artist Jessica Rath, how today’s food culture in Los Angeles has been shaped by social changes, economic fluctuations, and technological innovations throughout the city’s history.
Foodprint LA: Feast, Famine, and Other Scenarios
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 2012
Our fourth and final panel was called Feast, Famine, and Other Scenarios. Guest moderator Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic asked synthetic biologist Christina Agapakis, UCLA critic Allison Carruth, vertical farming entrepreneur Erik Cutter, and agricultural robot developer Joseph Wickham, to speculate on the opportunities and challenges of LA’s possible food futures.
Foodprint Denver: Keith Belk
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
As part of MCA Denver’s three-day bison roasting extravaganza, Art Meats Beast, we organized a series of quick-fire Q&As focused on the relationship between meat and design. Over the course of the afternoon, we explored the Coloradan meatscape at a variety of scales, beginning with Keith Belk, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, on the intimate architecture of cattle musculature. Thanks to videographer Kim Shively and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art.
Foodprint Denver: Pete Marczyk
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
For our second conversation, we spoke with Pete Marcyzyk, local chef, and founder and owner of Marczyck Fine Foods, about the design aspects of meat processing and retail.
Foodprint Denver: Holly Arnold Kinney
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
For the third in our series of live interviews exploring the relationship between meat and design, we learned about the architecture of the Western steakhouse from Holly Arnold Kinney, proprietress of The Fort restaurant.
Foodprint Denver: Elizabeth Dunn
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
Elizabeth Dunn is Associate Professor of Geography at UC Boulder. During our conversation, we discussed her research examining the way that food safety regulation and management systems interact to shape both the livestock industry and the modern state.
Foodprint Denver: Peter Decker
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
For the fifth and final short conversation of Foodprint Denver, we discussed the ways that ranching shapes land-ownership and prairie ecology with rancher and former Commissioner of Agriculture for Colorado Peter Decker.
Foodprint Denver: Q&A
Art Meats Beast, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, November 11, 2010
All five panelists came back on stage to answer audience questions (and ask each other a couple!) and conclude Foodprint Denver.
Foodprint Toronto: Zoning Diet
Artscape Wychwood Barns, July 31, 2010
For our first panel, Zoning Diet, we asked Spacing Magazine Arts and Books Editor, Jessica Duffin Wolfe, Barbara Emanuel, Senior Policy Adviser at the Toronto Board of Health, Pat Pessotto, Vice-President of Merchandising at Longo’s, and architect Lola Sheppard, how zoning, policy, and economics shape Toronto’s food systems. A huge thanks to Kevin Lisoy, who generously volunteered his time and expertise to record and livestream the day’s events.
Foodprint Toronto: Culinary Cartography
Artscape Wychwood Barns, July 31, 2010
Our second panel was called Culinary Cartography. We asked fruit gleaner Laurel Atkinson, urban planner Mark Fram, architect Chris Hardwicke, and artist, writer, and director Darren O’Donnell what we can learn when we map Toronto using food as the metric.
Foodprint Toronto: Edible Archaeology
Artscape Wychwood Barns, July 31, 2010
Our third panel was called Edible Archaeology. We asked First Nations fisherpeople Natasha and Andrew Akiwenzie, Spacing Magazine senior editor Shawn Micallef, school lunch historian Rebecca O’Neill, and designer Robert Wright how the food culture of Toronto has been shaped by social changes, economic fluctuations, and technological innovations throughout the city’s history.
Foodprint Toronto: Feast, Famine, and Other Scenarios
Artscape Wychwood Barns, July 31, 2010
For our fourth and final panel — Feast, Famine, and Other Scenarios — we asked author and climate change researcher Evan D. G. Fraser, Alphabet City Media Director John Knechtel, food security expert Kathryn Scharf, and the City’s Food and Beverage Sector Specialist, Michael Wolfson, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of Toronto’s possible food futures.
The day’s program and speaker information are still available here.
Foodprint NYC: Zoning Diet
Studio-X NYC, February 27, 2010
For our first panel, Zoning Diet, we asked Sean Basinski, Founder and Director of the Street Vendor Project, Joel Berg, author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? and the Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Nevin Cohen, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at The New School, and Stanley Fleishman, President and CEO of Jetro Cash & Carry/Restaurant Depot, how zoning, policy, and economics shape New York City’s food systems. Please be patient with the first minute or two of audio as we got the volume worked out.
Foodprint NYC: Culinary Cartography
Studio-X NYC, February 27, 2012
Our second panel was called Culinary Cartography. We asked artist Jonathan Bogarín, cultural anthropologist Makalé Faber Cullen, micro-distiller and journalist David Haskell, and public health researcher Naa Oyo A. Kwate what we can learn when we map New York City using food as the metric.
Foodprint NYC: Edible Archaeology
Studio-X NYC, February 27, 2012
Our third panel was called Edible Archaeology. We asked Cooked Books author and NYPL librarian, Rebecca Federman, William Grimes, author of Appetite City, Annie Hauck-Lawson, co-editor of Gastropolis, and David Sax, author of Save the Deli, how the food culture of New York has been shaped by social changes, economic fluctuations, and technological innovations throughout the city’s history.
Foodprint NYC: Feast, Famine and Other Scenarios
Studio-X NYC, February 27, 2012
Our fourth and final panel — Feast, Famine, and Other Scenarios — featured guest moderator, Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG, asking architect Amale Andraos, industrial designer Marcelo Coelho, artist and cross-species culinary adventurerer Natalie Jeremijenko, and food scientist Beverly Tepper to discuss the opportunities and challenges of New York City’s possible food futures.
The day’s program and speaker information are still available here.
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