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EAT: what we eat, how and where it comes from

EAT asks us to explore human food habits. How do we give more people access to affordable, healthy food? What can we do to ensure that our food production is sustainable, and that we aren't wasting or polluting the planet with too much packaging? Can a design idea encourage people to make better food choices?

How do we eat sustainably and use food waste in the 21st Century? Ella Bulley explores potential future uses for sugarcane.

What can we learn from how we packaged food in the past? Curator May Rosenthal-Sloan explores why we packaged fruit in paper wrappers when we started transporting it from abroad.

What if we found an edible replacement for plastic bottles? Curator May Rosenthal-Sloan shares how the team at Notpla are making packaging more sustainable.

 

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