A speculative food scenario
The exponential growth of population, our disconnection from the source of our food and the rapid expansion of cities, are issues that we are deeply concerned about. So what if inequality extended to a point where the vast majority of urban population didn't have access to commodities such as supermarkets? What if the only source of food available was the one that grows within the city limits?
For this speculative piece we asked ourselves how would it be like to source our own food from our urban surroundings, from the city we live in. In order to do so, we went all over Barcelona and picked whatever food we found there, to finally cook three dystopian recipes with those ingredients.
Ingredients sourcing
We went deep into the city of Barcelona, looking for sources of protein, fiber or vitamins. We collected plants, seeds, flowers and even mushrooms that we carefully washed and processed in different ways to make the most out of them.
Disclaimer: no animals were harmed for the project. The rat and pigeon are the only ingredients that have been photoshopped.
Urban Foraging guides
We also imagined how people would thrive in this future scenario of scarcity and which kind of solutions they would find to do so. We came up with a series of Urban Foraging guides by cities, a free resource for people with tips on how to locate certain ingredients, process raw materials or hunt the animals that populate the city.
