food hub

An architect and a food cart owner are working together to create a portable park in Nelson and want to create a lunchtime hub in the city.

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Boston public food market

After years of delays, construction will begin soon on a public food market in downtown Boston that will become a showcase for New England foods and allow consumers to buy directly from local farmers, fishermen, ranchers, and wine makers.

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Color-coded food labels

“These results,” notes the study, “suggest that simple food environment changes can play a major role in public health policies to reduce obesity.” It also suggests the study is evidence that people will not develop “fatigue” from food labeling and “revert to previous unhealthy choices.”

 

In the battle to get people to choose healthier foods, could red, green, and yellow stickers plus moving the placement of the food be a simple piece of a complicated puzzle? Would this work in school cafeterias?  Work cafeterias? Our home kitchens?

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Print Food

New 3D printers print food...well, sugar that is...

Festival Kitchen, Bar and Raingarden

The installation project, entitled The Immersery – Festival Kitchen, Bar and Raingarden, will be a multi-level cloud-like structure featuring a floating bar and open-air kitchen on the concourse level.

Local Food Landscapes

Ryerson Student Projects, ARCH 720 Publication on Local Food Scapes

the ‘italian pavilion

 the pavilion is organized through a series of shifting volumes that create terraces facing southwards. they encompass the gallery areas, even if serving the whole building, and are used for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables