Talk to MEal : How to end PASSIVE CONSUMPTION and how to work towards FOOD SUSTAINABILITY
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Talk to MEal are cook-outs and picnics that will be held on grassroots communities wherein dishes are accompanied by Talking/Interactive Menu. This will educate people about their food sources, nutrition and possible solutions.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Lorelei
Last Name
Almirez
Organization
Online Participant, Sprout e-course, TakingITGlobal
Country
Philippines
Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
TakingITGlobal
Organization Website
Organization Phone
+1 416 977 9363
Organization Address
19 Duncan Street, Suite #505 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3H1 CANADA
Organization Country
Canada
Your idea
Name Your Project
Talk to MEal : How to end PASSIVE CONSUMPTION and how to work towards FOOD SUSTAINABILITY
Country your work focuses on
Philippines
What makes your approach innovative?
GRASSROOTS
Talk to MEal is an innovative, budget-friendly and simple approach to engage local community about food security issues and GMO. It is done on a grassroots level where anyone who is interested can join and is presented as a very cozy and inviting activity that people in the community are readily open and excited about, Cook-outs and Picnics.
COMMUNITY CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
Every meal will be accompanied by an interactive menu regarding its Recipe, Ingredients (natural, artificial, preserv., local/import, GMO), Source, Nutritional Value and Farm-to-Your-Plate food path. Every meal course will be assigned a team, a Recipe person who knows the recipe preparation and its cultural orgins; a Grocer/Gatherer who will map the local food sources; and a Presenter who will prepare the Talking/Interactive Menu and facilitate it in an enlightening and entertaining approach during luncheon.
MODULARITY
Talk to MEal is also a very modular program in which any community can replicate and modify accordingly.
INTEGRATED
This approach not only tackles GMO issue but also relates other issues of local living economy, food security and community health
Describe Your Idea
Talk to MEal are cook-outs and picnics that will be held on grassroots communities wherein dishes are accompanied by Talking/Interactive Menu. This will educate people about their food sources, nutrition and possible solutions.
How will you sustain your solution?
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE and COMMUNICATION
Talk to MEal will be sustained as solution for as long as local enterprises and residents seek to strengthen their local business and community food sources . Talk to MEal will be launched in nearby communities and farmlands.
Local enterprises, homeowners associations and organizations will pool resources (funds and manpower) to launch Talk to MEal in their community while also seeking funding sources like fair trade expositions, food cooperative kiosks and continuous micro-donations program.
Promotion and communications of its principles and programs will prioritize local schools and hospitals as its audience. Bookkeeping and institutional support and assistance can be solicited from local government programs and agencies.
What will be the impact of your solution?
CROSS-SECTORAL
Talk to MEal seeks to establish productive and meaningful inter-generational networks and activities in the local community. Grandparents, senior residents, food enthusiasts, food gardeners and small restaurants in the local community can have active participation and can even benefit from youth-led and youth-initiated programs for food security and sustainable urban farming.
EDUCATION and MOBILIZATION
Food sources mapping can help identify and educate people about GMO presence in their food and consumer goods. Awareness and education are necessary to establish local and regional mobilization and campaign about the people's stand on GMO issues.
In this program, local communities can decide for themselves whether to remain as passive consumers or become food producers and educated consumers.
SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES
In the long run, network of communities can serve as alternative food sources. This perspective also admits that food delivery systems should lessen its carbon footprint.
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Comments
Lorelei, Great idea! I have always loved getting together with people (known and unknown) over food and a good cause. It reminds me of my university days when I had access to our communal kitchen and on special evenings students would come together to eat and share recipes and healthy lifestyle tips. Bon appetit!
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