Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities
“The question of how to feed cities may be one of the biggest contemporary questions, yet it’s never asked: we take for granted that if we walk into a store or a restaurant, food will be there, magically coming from somewhere. Yet, think of it this way: just in London, every single day, 30 million meals must be provided. Without a reliable food supply, even the most modern city would collapse quickly. And most people today eat food of whose provenance they are unaware.
Growing food in our cities and villages will require a change in perspective on the part of urban planners and politicans at all levels, as well as a shift in public perception of what a city is.
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