Sustainable Food Citizen Week

 

Video resum de la Setmana Ciutadana de l'Alimentació Sostenible 2021

The activities of the Sustainable Food Citizen Week

Sustainable Food Citizen Week provides an opportunity to understand the relationship between food habits and cross-cutting aspects such as the climate emergency, local economic development, culture, politics, social rights and health. A week dedicated to citizens, in which you will achieve knowledge, reflection and debate about the main issues of the following activities.

 

 

Gastronomic heritage

Waste vs Good use

Urban rurality and biodiversity

Ecological footprint

Proximity

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Gastronomic heritage

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  • Food, sustainability and the city. Historical trail
    October 16th - 12.00 H
    Plaça del Rei
    Talk

    Feeding the city has always been a huge challenge: guaranteeing access to the most basic component for sustaining life, to avoid deficiencies and conflicts that compromise the health and social peace of its inhabitants.
    Feeding the city has always been a political issue: the people and the institutions of Barcelona have demanded and exercised the right to intervene politically to achieve an adequate food supply in quantity and quality for the city.
    Over the centuries, the territorial scope and spatial conformation of Barcelona's food footprint have been expanded and modified according to the population that needed to be provided for and the change in the forms of cultivation, animal husbandry, and transport, as well as energy sources used to do so.
    In the 21st century, the city faces new food security challenges due to the climate emergency and the global socio-environmental crisis. To address these, it calls for and exercises new forms of food sovereignty aimed at sustainability within a fair and safe environmental space for everyone on Earth.

     

  • Cuines Barcelona
    Barcelona kitchens. From Cerdà Plan to the Catalan Women's Conference
    October 16th - 12.30 H
    Plaça del Rei
    Talk

    Kitchens are part of this city's history. Moreover, history is also made in kitchens and history infiltrates the kitchens of every city.
    From the mid 19th century to 1976, kitchens were the place where architectural, technological, propaganda and political discussions and practices occurred, while they also held the knowledge and skills that made collective subsistence possible.

     

  • Tasting session: Journey in time through food
    October 16th - 14.00 H
    Plaça del Rei
    Culinary experience

    This activity offers a culinary route that will take us to the past, present and future of food in Barcelona. It will be a guided tasting session for speaking about cultural exchanges, history, traditions, conceptions of sustainability over the course of time, food industrialisation and current trends. A session that will certainly amaze you, showing the contradictions not just in the food model but also in the discussions around today’s food.

    What will we be tasting?

    Pepper wine
    White wine flavoured with spices.
    It contains ginger, rose water, clove, cinnamon and honey
    Allergens: sulphides

    Flat neulas
    Medieval recipe for traditional Christmas desserts
    Contains: flour, sugar, eggs, lard, cream, milk and salt
    Allergens: egg, gluten, dairy products

    Aubergine tart
    Aubergine flan baked with cured cheese, raisins and spices.
    Allergens: dairy products

    Empedrat with cod
    Catalan recipe with Icelandic cod and French beans, tomatoes, red and green peppers, onions and black olives.
    Allergens: fish

    Potato chips
    Allergens: gluten

    Yoghurt with pomegranate
    Free-range yoghurt from the Olot area, with natural pomegranate
    Allergens: dairy products

    We would like to inform you that we are unable to guarantee that the food served at this event will be free of substances which may cause some type of food allergy or intolerance.

Waste vs Good use

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  • Taller de vaixelles comestibles
    Edible crockery workshop. How can we get children to eat fruit and vegetables in a fun, and light-hearted way?
    October 16th - 10.00 H / 11.00 H / 12.00 h / 13.00 H
    Parc de la Barceloneta
    Workshop

    At the edible crockery workshop, children will create their own seasonal spoons, bowls and glasses using domestic technologies, with fruit and vegetables as their materials.
    The aim is to offer children and parents a fun, creative activity that involves healthy food.
    At the workshop, the children explore the shapes, textures, colours, aromas and tastes of the vegetables, learning concepts such as seasonal produce, location, ecology and properties of the fruit and vegetables. At the same time, the workshop fosters the introduction of these foodstuffs in their daily diets.

  • recuperem el valor dels aliments
    Culinary experience: recovering the value of food products
    October 16 - 14.00 H
    Parc de la Barceloneta
    Culinary experience

    A free, best-use meal to raise people's awareness about the value of food, preventing food waste and making the best use of food. 200 menus will be served, made using recovered food and a plenty of creativity! Parc de la Barceloneta will become an amplifier for the people and projects that work towards reducing food waste, making the most of food and achieving zero waste. The recovered food is the star of the show! The other ingredient: volunteers. The kitchen will be humming thanks to a team of volunteers who make it possible to recover surplus food, cook and serve the dishes. The selection, cleaning and preparation of all the recovered food is carried out in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is welcome! On the same day, we will also be offering recovered food that hasn't been used by the kitchen, at an “adoption stall”, as a donation and act of joint responsibility towards the value of the product.

    We hereby inform you that we cannot guarantee that the meals served during this event are free of substances that may cause some type of allergy or food intolerance.

  • Improshow de l’alimentació sostenible
    Improshow on sustainable food
    October 17th - 20.00 H
    Plaça Reial
    Show

    At the improshow we play with knowledge about food, sustainability and the climate emergency. We’ll be improvising everyday situations connected with sustainable food and local organisations, through humour and based on audience suggestions.
    An innovative experience in which the audience will become the authors of stories that are surprising, exciting and fun.

     

Urban rurality and biodiversity

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  • Presentació de “Repoblem”
    Presentation of “Repoblem” [Repopulating]
    October 16th - 13.00 H
    Jardí dels Tarongers
    Talk

    “Repoblem” [Repopulating] is a social network initiative to connect towns and villages suffering from depopulation with people who are keen to live in those villages.
    “Repoblem” disseminates campaigns and offers from town councils who wish to attract new inhabitants, offers of housing, the transfer of businesses and jobs in towns or regions which are suffering from depopulation. It also disseminates pleas from people who are looking for a place in the rural world to begin or modify their life projects. In short, it makes social media act as such: networks that connect people and towns to help reverse depopulation and rebalance the country, in terms of people, services, activities, infrastructures and political clout.

  • Date una huerta
    October 16th from 13.00 to 14.00 H
    Plaça Reial
    Show

    Agroecology and family circus show.
    “The land is full of plastic and GMOs and agrochemicals are threatening us. Luckily, we have an endangered species called Pagès… ”

  • The challenge of the community allotment
    October 16th - 13.20 H
    Jardí dels Tarongers
    Talk

    Want to discover how to build a community allotment as opposed to the conventional model of individual plots?
    Based on the experience of the PiA allotment, the aim is to encourage a debate on ruralising the city.
    Includes image projection.

Ecological footprint

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  • Descobreix l’impacte del teu plat de peix
    Discover the impact of your fish dish
    October 16th - 18.00 H
    Plaça Reial
    Talk

    Discussion on unsustainable fishing and its impact. What are the consequences of not fishing in our seas? We’ll be meeting up to discuss the impact that international fishing agreements are having and the advantages to local fishing. We will also find out how West Africa's coastal populations are facing over-exploitation of their maritime resources and what local-fish initiatives we have in Barcelona.

  • Digues el que menges, i calcula el que emets
    Tell us what you eat and calculate what you emit
    October 17th - 11.00 H (Plaça del Rei) and October 23th - 10.00 H (Pl. de les Glòries Catalanes, next to the Disseny HUB Barcelona
    Plaça del Rei, Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, next to the Disseny HUB Barcelona
    Workshop

    After receiving a brief introduction on climate change and its connection with our food system, everyone attending will be able to calculate the environmental footprint their food generates.

  • L’eficiència energètica a la cuina: un ingredient clau per avançar cap a una alimentació sostenible
    Energy efficiency in the kitchen: a key ingredient for moving towards sustainable food. Workshop on low energy consumption cooking
    October 17th - 12.00 H
    Plaça del Rei
    Workshop

    A workshop on low energy consumption cooking, to provide ideas and tips for cooking while using as little energy as possible. Tackling the problem in a practical way, we encourage reflection on better food-use cooking and healthy, sustainable food. The workshop aims to provide participants with viable tools for furthering their commitment to reducing the environmental impact of their food, opting for simple, but transformative, solutions. The workshop's objective, through various demonstrations as well as practical and theoretical advice, is to apply this in everyday life. It also fosters the culture of better food use and a complete, balanced diet. The workshop includes an explanation from an expert and the live preparation of various recipes.

Proximity

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  • Agricultura i alimentació als espais metropolitans: el Parc Agrari del Baix Llobregat
    Agriculture and food in metropolitan areas: The Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park
    October 17th - 11.30 H
    Parc de la Barceloneta
    Talk

    Explanation of the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park as a metropolitan agricultural area that produces food locally for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. A public-private entity that aims to preserve the farmland and encourage the development of a professional agriculture that ensures the supply of fruits and vegetables to local markets and the viability of farms. During the talk we will discuss projects like the Parc Agrari farmers markets, the Producte Fresc del Parc Agrari brand, and the creation of a “test” area to encourage young people to get involved in farming.   

     

  • Ramats de Foc
    Ramats de Foc (Herds of fire)
    October 17th - 12.00 H
    Parc de la Barceloneta
    Talk

    Ramats de Foc is a prescribed-silvopasture project aimed at boosting the contribution of livestock in fire-risk management through pasture in strategic forest areas.

    Prescribed silvopasture is the practice of extensive livestock feeding following established a priori guidelines and goals to achieve a type of fire-resistant forest mass and Ramats de Foc is an initiative to promote this work, and help to extend it through our forests and bring it added value.

    The project also aims to promote continuity of livestock activity in the region, through its twofold food and landscaping work, and to strengthen the ties between shepherds and local butchers.

    By promoting the consumption of livestock animals that manage our forests, the aim is to encourage a change of perception in society so people understand how a certain kind of regional management will enable protection against the big fires that cause the most damage and that initiatives as simple as consuming local livestock are already helping to maintain fire-adapted landscapes.

     

  • Diàleg entre Nahuel Levaggi i Aitor Urkiola
    Dialogue between Nahuel Levaggi and Carles Soler
    October 17th - 12.30 H
    Parc de la Barceloneta
    Talk

    Alternatives from the global south to the impact of our unsustainable food system: the case of the Mercado Central del AMBA (Buenos Aires metropolitan area).

    The activity, which is aimed at all members of the public, is part of the agreement for implementing the “Barcelona menja bé i just” project.

     

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  • Visita a l’hort del Palau Foronda
    Visit to the Palau Foronda allotment
    October 18th - 11.00 H
    Palau Foronda, àtic
    Visit / Tour

    Visit to the new “roof terrace allotment”, located at Palau Foronda, officially opened in March 2021 and run by people with disabilities. The project will be presented directly by the people with disabilities taking part in it.
    The “Roof terrace allotment” project is a Barcelona City Council initiative that promotes urban agriculture and local provision cultivation, making the most of unused spaces in the city’s urban centre (roof terraces and balconies in municipal facilities). Vegetables are cultivated there by associations of people with disabilities and offered to organisations working with people at risk of exclusion.
     

  • Food Tech 3.0 Programa d’Acceleració: BCN Showcase
    Food Tech 3.0 Acceleration Programme: BCN Showcase
    October 18th from 15.30 to 19.00 H
    Palo Alto Foundation
    Talk

    Pecha Kucha presentation and debate on improving food tech innovations that work for collective action and citizens.

  • How can digitalisation contribute to sustainable food?
    October 18th from 16.00 to 17.30 H
    Videoconference
    Talk

    Is it possible to scale agro-ecological projects without being digitalised? This session, organised by the MatchImpulsa programme, aims to reflect on the promotion of new digital marketing channels since Covid-19 and the impact that digitalisation has on the scalability of sustainable business models and the transformation of the food model.