In this talk, Carolyn Steel reflects on what it takes to feed a city, how food has shaped cities and how the size of cities been contrained until recent times by the ability to feed them. She traces the development of cities from the earliest times, through to the largest city in the ancient world, Rome, to the present day and their relationship to food. From the thinking of Johann von Thünen through the development of London, Carolyn explores the dynamics of feeding a city from the pre-industrial to post-industrial world and the way food can be the lens through which we look at creating the good life for all in a sitopia. Running order below:

Introduction: 0.00
Part 1. Back to the beginning: 2.28
Part 2. Rome: 6.32
Part 3. Modelling the city: 9.17
Part 4. Industry, food, railways & cities: 16.45
Part 5. From grain to meat: 19.18
Part 6. Beyond ‘cheap’ meat: 22.39
Part 7. The city paradox: 27.34
Part 8. Rethinking food & the city: 31.33
Part 9. Creating sitopia: 36.18
Part 10. Good food = good life: 38.30
Part 11. Re-engaging cities with food: 43.18
For further reading go here:
http://www.foodsystemsacademy.org.uk/...
Other links:
http://www.foodsystemsacademy.org.uk
http://www.tansey.org.uk/