How to grow food in the city

Don’t expect a solution after reading this title. This post is to inspire you. I did some research, talked to some people and collecte...

Cultivate diversity

The cities inhabitants are as diverse as the tourists on La Piazza di Spagna As you might have notices after almost two years of posts...

Food for thought

Vote with your fork! It seems easier to say this than to practice. I guess sometimes you feel really happy when you come home with a...

Hot or not

Villa Augustus in the Dutch town Dordrecht is immensely popular by all kind of people I already announced that this weeks’ post will...

The farmer next door

Food used to enter the city on its own feet. Farmers took their livestock from the countryside to central markets and sold them dead o...

Shaken. Not stirred.

‘Shaken. Not stirred’. That’s what James Bond used to say when ordering his Martini. He was given a choice by the barman. Unfortunatel...

Do it yourself

Still pretty but some sun, water and lot's of love will make them strong soon In our food-supply we have made ourselves completel...

Legally addicted

A beautifully growing tobacco plant  hasn't a beautiful effect on our health During the last years the discussion about eating food o...

Something is growing

A chicken freely walking around in an (sub)urban farm It is Easter. The time that the sun appears, trees start to flower and the first b...

Water and Fire

A vegetarian lunchroom next to a butcher Sometimes it is hard to believe that two opposing characters are able to live together. It seem...

Golden ages and dark nights

A new year has come. A year in which we start with fresh ideas and good intentions. Now it has become January it won’t be long before days ...

One big fridge

How do you do your weekly food shopping? You do buy each day what you feel like? Or do you make a list and bring some big bags to fill up y...

Track and Trace

 A streetname which dates back to its former function; a market square were calfs where sold.  Jeans brand Kuyichi used to have a t...

The Beauty and the Beast

Not very beautiful but delicious foods Tastes differ. It is a fact and it is no problem. This is how different brands can survive. It giv...

Behind the scenes

Former slaugther house area which has been transformed in a residential area in 1998 This article is also available on IL CAMBIAMENTO ‘...

Harvest

Many villages and regions celebrate in September and October. Munich celebrates the harvest of hop and grain in their yearly Octoberfest , ...

Wine, wein, vin, vino

The landscape changes constantly when travelling from Holland to a south European holiday destination. This year I travelled to Italy. From...

It takes two to tango

This tekst is also available on IL CAMBIAMENTO A farmer needs rain and sunshine for his food to grow. He loves his job and wants to deliver...

Self sufficiency

These days people are able to live and survive in a diversity of environments spread out from a deserted area somewhere in the mountains to...

Food market(ing) - An essay IV

The book Eat this has ten suggestions for food hotspots which offer a good opportunity to create public domain. Most of them still give ...