Film Seed Festival
Basic information
Project Title
Film Seed Festival
Full project title
Film Seed Festival 2022
Category
Regaining a sense of belonging
Project Description
"Film Seed Festival" is a biannual, crop-powered film festival made possible through the collaboration of art, science, and agriculture. It champions regenerative agriculture's ability to address the multifaceted challenges encountered by small rural communities like Tinos Island. The inaugural event occurred in 2022 when 1000 sqm were cultivated with peanuts. The resulting crop was converted into biofuel and cinema snacks, providing energy for a three-day film festival held in the same field.
Geographical Scope
Local
Project Region
Tinos island
, Greece
, Greece
Urban or rural issues
It addresses urban-rural linkages
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
EU Programme or fund
Yes
Which funds
Creative Europe
Description of the project
Summary
"Film Seed Festival" is a biannual, crop-powered agricultural film festival that achieves self-sufficiency by locally sourcing all its energy and nutritional needs through the cultivation of the field where it takes place. The festival's primary goal is to demonstrate replicable models of regenerative practices and narratives promoting holistic sustainability, highlighting the interconnectedness of agriculture, culture, and community. Its overarching goals revolve around sustainability, community resilience, tradition, and interdisciplinary collaboration among art, science, technology, and regenerative agriculture.Each F.S.F. iteration is produced with the active participation and collaboration between individuals of various backgrounds, including local farmers, artists, scientists, environmental engineers, technology providers, craftspeople, chefs, and the broader public.The project aims to promote sustainable, agriculture by emphasizing crop cultivation for both clean energy and nutrition,.Additionally, it focuses on cultural empowerment by reintegrating farming practices into local culture, and engaging the local community in sustainability efforts. Lastly, it contributes to environmental stewardship by implementing sustainable farming practices and ecological monitoring to promote responsible resource management.The project successfully planted its inaugural crop-powered festival in 2022 “Film Seed Festival - Powered by Peanuts” was powered by a 1000 sqm peanut cultivation. The resulting crop covered the electricity and nutritional needs of 3 nights of international film projections.
The project emphasizes the patience and long-term efforts needed for the improvement of our environment, the rebuilding of lost bonds, and benefits of self-sufficiency. It addresses challenges faced by small farming territories in climate-challenged landscapes suggesting replicable examples and motivating similar communities worldwide to write their own sustainability narratives
The project emphasizes the patience and long-term efforts needed for the improvement of our environment, the rebuilding of lost bonds, and benefits of self-sufficiency. It addresses challenges faced by small farming territories in climate-challenged landscapes suggesting replicable examples and motivating similar communities worldwide to write their own sustainability narratives
Key objectives for sustainability
The "Film Seed Festival" is a crop-powered biannual agricultural film festival that achieves self-sufficiency by sourcing all its energy and nutritional needs through cultivating the same field where it then takes place.The festival’s exemplary sustainability arises from its comprehensive, circular approach and it is achieved by implementing strategies of interdisciplinary collaboration among art, science, technology, and regenerative agriculture. The festival's commitment to sustainability was planted during its inaugural 2022 edition on Tinos island. The first F.S.F. was powered by a 1000 sqm organic peanut cultivation, cultivated by local farmers. The resulting crop was in part converted to renewable biofuel to power projectors, speakers and lights for three nights of film projections and the rest served as nutritious peanut cinema snacks for the over 300 attendees. This crop-powered concept serves as the foundation for each subsequent iteration, with each exploring different crops and sustainability narratives. The upcoming F.S.F. 2024 will spotlight energy production through agricultural waste composting/biogas production, and a focus on Insect and Microbial biodiversity’s role in agricultural practice and crop utilization. Empowering farmers to produce the clean and renewable energy they need to carry on with their profession, play a culturally important role, and protect local biodiversity at the same time. Examining energy and nutritional independence and the fostering of consumer-producer connections.
IOT technology can be beneficial for natural resource monitoring and management, the festival applies a set of smart agricultural sensors to the crop, housed in a custom structure. Sensors remotely monitored watering and weather conditions to allow for informed decision making .The project's sustainability objectives encompass promoting regenerative agriculture as an eco-friendly, biodiversity-enhancing, and culturally resilient practice.
IOT technology can be beneficial for natural resource monitoring and management, the festival applies a set of smart agricultural sensors to the crop, housed in a custom structure. Sensors remotely monitored watering and weather conditions to allow for informed decision making .The project's sustainability objectives encompass promoting regenerative agriculture as an eco-friendly, biodiversity-enhancing, and culturally resilient practice.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
The "Film Seed Festival" project places a significant emphasis on aesthetics and the quality of the experience for people, whether they are farmers , scientist collaborators or attendees of the festival. Besides its more practical goals, each festival aims to provide a story that brings together people from different walks of life to collaborate in meaningful ways. At its cultural core, the event aims to inspire the creation of new community traditions, reimagined harvest celebrations, rooted in sustainability and local values.
In October 2022, the Film Seed Festival transformed a small field into a unique, softly illuminated, natural cinematic venue. The festival takes place in "Livadi," a seasonal riverbed surrounded by small farming villages, with fields separated by thick reed "walls" that define the space and provide shelter from the strong wind. The festival invites attendees to experience this landscape to reach the festival, and their presence to break the seclusion of traditional farming practices.
By showcasing a diverse selection of international documentaries, the project enriches the cultural experience of the audience and serves as a platform to widely distribute the work of film directors. It exposes viewers to different perspectives, cultures, and the stories of small farming communities worldwide. This cultural dimension promotes understanding, empathy, and appreciation for diverse cultural heritages.
The project fosters a sense of community by engaging local farmers, chefs, and artists. This communal participation is integral to the quality of the festival experience, creating a sense of belonging and shared ownership of the event. The project is designed to be both entertaining and educational.
The festival's "technology hub" is a sculptural quadripod structure, designed to aesthetically resemble a space exploration module, symbolizing the unequal technological development experienced in rural areas.
In October 2022, the Film Seed Festival transformed a small field into a unique, softly illuminated, natural cinematic venue. The festival takes place in "Livadi," a seasonal riverbed surrounded by small farming villages, with fields separated by thick reed "walls" that define the space and provide shelter from the strong wind. The festival invites attendees to experience this landscape to reach the festival, and their presence to break the seclusion of traditional farming practices.
By showcasing a diverse selection of international documentaries, the project enriches the cultural experience of the audience and serves as a platform to widely distribute the work of film directors. It exposes viewers to different perspectives, cultures, and the stories of small farming communities worldwide. This cultural dimension promotes understanding, empathy, and appreciation for diverse cultural heritages.
The project fosters a sense of community by engaging local farmers, chefs, and artists. This communal participation is integral to the quality of the festival experience, creating a sense of belonging and shared ownership of the event. The project is designed to be both entertaining and educational.
The festival's "technology hub" is a sculptural quadripod structure, designed to aesthetically resemble a space exploration module, symbolizing the unequal technological development experienced in rural areas.
Key objectives for inclusion
The "Film Seed Festival" project places a strong emphasis on inclusion, as it brings together people from diverse backgrounds, ages and education, who often have no opportunities for meaningful interactions in every day life. This includes scientists, farmers, artists, and filmmakers of different ages and backgrounds.
As an agricultural film festival the project’s main actors are farmers. Farmers play a vital role in the economic and nutritional independence and cultural resilience of small communities. However, in the Aegean islands their numbers are declining, their average age is rising, and they often face environmental and economic challenges and cultural isolation. The festival collaborates with farmers of different ages and experience, praising their power to drive the worlds sustainability goals while re-including them into the social and cultural fabric of the community.
The festival actively involves all these collaborators in its planning and execution as within the months before cultivation everybody comes together to co-create a plan and timeline that allows everybody to both self-manage within the months of preparing the festival and be perfectly coordinated to plant,crop,covert, collect and and bring together every component of this event for the autumn season.
In the future, the festival aims to engage more artists in producing sustainable land art and procure funding to make possible a variety of participatory workshops for the public.
Every cultural and educational event is especially significant in small rural areas like the Cyclades islands, where such opportunities for cultural experience and community bonding are rare, even more so during the off-season months. Local volunteers assist in setting up seating areas and lighting, contributing to a sense of collective ownership
Furthermore, by managing to procure the necessary funds beforehand, the festival is provided to the community free to attend, and the food is provided for free also.
As an agricultural film festival the project’s main actors are farmers. Farmers play a vital role in the economic and nutritional independence and cultural resilience of small communities. However, in the Aegean islands their numbers are declining, their average age is rising, and they often face environmental and economic challenges and cultural isolation. The festival collaborates with farmers of different ages and experience, praising their power to drive the worlds sustainability goals while re-including them into the social and cultural fabric of the community.
The festival actively involves all these collaborators in its planning and execution as within the months before cultivation everybody comes together to co-create a plan and timeline that allows everybody to both self-manage within the months of preparing the festival and be perfectly coordinated to plant,crop,covert, collect and and bring together every component of this event for the autumn season.
In the future, the festival aims to engage more artists in producing sustainable land art and procure funding to make possible a variety of participatory workshops for the public.
Every cultural and educational event is especially significant in small rural areas like the Cyclades islands, where such opportunities for cultural experience and community bonding are rare, even more so during the off-season months. Local volunteers assist in setting up seating areas and lighting, contributing to a sense of collective ownership
Furthermore, by managing to procure the necessary funds beforehand, the festival is provided to the community free to attend, and the food is provided for free also.
Results in relation to category
The first iteration of Film Seed Festival took place in October 2022 and welcomed over 340 attendees both residents of the local community and visitors on the island, treating them to a rich variety in peanut snacks for three nights of projections. The resulting crop, approximately 170 kg of peanuts was partly converted to biofuel of which about 18 liters were used to cover the festivals electricity needs using a power generator. The festival field was located within the Livadi area, the main agricultural area of Tinos island . The attendees walked a 15 minute farm road to reach the field experiencing the farming landscape and adjacent crops. Joining the attendees farmers from all over Tinos, collaborators from Agenso who had set up the agricultural sensors, and invited members of the press who covered the festival in reporting articles and through live radio interviews .
The project after completion was presented on many occasions, notably at ZKM Karlsruhe as part of the “Repairing the present:Retool” exhibition curated by Manuel Ciraqui, followed by presentations in Impact Hub Athens, the “Circular Cultures, Periphery at the Center” symposium organized by the British Council in Greece and the discussion panel “Going Low Tech” at the E.M.A.F.
The project after completion was presented on many occasions, notably at ZKM Karlsruhe as part of the “Repairing the present:Retool” exhibition curated by Manuel Ciraqui, followed by presentations in Impact Hub Athens, the “Circular Cultures, Periphery at the Center” symposium organized by the British Council in Greece and the discussion panel “Going Low Tech” at the E.M.A.F.
How Citizens benefit
The "Film Seed Festival" project is deeply committed to engaging civil society in meaningful ways. Starting with local farmers who are central to the project's success. They actively participate in the cultivation of crops that power the festival. Their expertise in sustainable farming practices, including organic cultivation, and their use of the smart agriculture sensors, ensures the project's agricultural aspect is environmentally responsible and viable. Their level of involvement is hands-on and fundamental.
The broader public, as festival attendees, actively benefit from the project. They enjoy a unique cultural experience, free of charge, which includes film screenings, and culinary delights. Such opportunities are very rare in the territory of the Aegean islands, they are usually non-existent in the winter, and only addressed to the tourists in the summer. The later as they are addressed to visitors only, end up resembling a caricature of “island life” as the tourism industry would like to present it, in essence not representing at all true life on the island and its joys and challenges.
Members of the local community are engaged in many capacities. Local chefs with expertise in local cuisine and culinary arts play a significant role in promoting local agriculture. Craftswomen sewed the projection screen for the filmings, local metalworkers built the screens frame and local workers and volunteers set up the festival infrastructure, speakers and lights. The festival’s chairs where rented from the local union of village residents who’s members volunteered their time to transport and set them up. Their contributions help create a strong sense of community ownership and contribute to the festival's unique character.
The broader public, as festival attendees, actively benefit from the project. They enjoy a unique cultural experience, free of charge, which includes film screenings, and culinary delights. Such opportunities are very rare in the territory of the Aegean islands, they are usually non-existent in the winter, and only addressed to the tourists in the summer. The later as they are addressed to visitors only, end up resembling a caricature of “island life” as the tourism industry would like to present it, in essence not representing at all true life on the island and its joys and challenges.
Members of the local community are engaged in many capacities. Local chefs with expertise in local cuisine and culinary arts play a significant role in promoting local agriculture. Craftswomen sewed the projection screen for the filmings, local metalworkers built the screens frame and local workers and volunteers set up the festival infrastructure, speakers and lights. The festival’s chairs where rented from the local union of village residents who’s members volunteered their time to transport and set them up. Their contributions help create a strong sense of community ownership and contribute to the festival's unique character.
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
Innovative character
The "Film Seed Festival" project represents a highly rare and innovative approach to the world of entertainment. The entertainment sector, traditionally characterized by excess and wasteful practices, often prioritizes pleasure over sustainability. However, the Film Seed Festival breaks this mold by seamlessly merging these two values into a concept of "slow" and sustainable entertainment.
This unique project emphasizes the intrinsic connection between time, energy, and natural resources required for the creation of intense bursts of cultural energy. The festival's journey commences months in advance with the planting of the first seed, and every unit of energy it demands is thoughtfully produced and generously shared with the community. It redefines the entertainment landscape, showcasing that entertainment can be both enriching and environmentally responsible.
This unique project emphasizes the intrinsic connection between time, energy, and natural resources required for the creation of intense bursts of cultural energy. The festival's journey commences months in advance with the planting of the first seed, and every unit of energy it demands is thoughtfully produced and generously shared with the community. It redefines the entertainment landscape, showcasing that entertainment can be both enriching and environmentally responsible.
Disciplines/knowledge reflected
The disciplines and synergies that produced F.S.F ‘22 included:
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + IOT Technology:
The project harnessed the combined expertise of local agricultural professionals, and smart agriculture consultants who provided with the hardware and online platform to remotely monitor weather and humidity conditions of the crop. This was a first introduction of such a practice on the island, and very educational for both our traditional farmers and tech providers.
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + Renewable Energy
Additionally, the project engaged Act 4 energy , environmental engineers of Democritus University to convert crop yields into biofuel. Their knowledge in energy generation and sustainability was the key factor in powering the event. For them too it was an interesting opportunity to analyze the potential of small scale energy production and for peanut oil to be converted to biofuel. This harmonious partnership reaffirmed the project's commitment to responsible agriculture.
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + Art and Culture
Artists and curators assumed a central role in curating the festival's artistic and cultural dimensions. Artists and curators were involved from the beginning in brainstorming and bringing together the festivals crop based narrative, in visually documenting the process in a video documentary, selecting the films and retrieving their rights to be projected. The selection of documentaries aligned seamlessly with the project's thematic focus on the challenges faced by small farming communities such as the ones on Tinos islands as the artists observed first hand. The culinary aspect of the festival saw chefs engaging with local producers and promoting local culinary arts.
Art and Culture + Renewable Energy
The synergy between Art and sustainability in producing a sustainable scenario of “slow” entertainment addresses that responsibility and invests in the cultural sectors self-suffiency too.
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + IOT Technology:
The project harnessed the combined expertise of local agricultural professionals, and smart agriculture consultants who provided with the hardware and online platform to remotely monitor weather and humidity conditions of the crop. This was a first introduction of such a practice on the island, and very educational for both our traditional farmers and tech providers.
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + Renewable Energy
Additionally, the project engaged Act 4 energy , environmental engineers of Democritus University to convert crop yields into biofuel. Their knowledge in energy generation and sustainability was the key factor in powering the event. For them too it was an interesting opportunity to analyze the potential of small scale energy production and for peanut oil to be converted to biofuel. This harmonious partnership reaffirmed the project's commitment to responsible agriculture.
Agriculture and Sustainable Farming + Art and Culture
Artists and curators assumed a central role in curating the festival's artistic and cultural dimensions. Artists and curators were involved from the beginning in brainstorming and bringing together the festivals crop based narrative, in visually documenting the process in a video documentary, selecting the films and retrieving their rights to be projected. The selection of documentaries aligned seamlessly with the project's thematic focus on the challenges faced by small farming communities such as the ones on Tinos islands as the artists observed first hand. The culinary aspect of the festival saw chefs engaging with local producers and promoting local culinary arts.
Art and Culture + Renewable Energy
The synergy between Art and sustainability in producing a sustainable scenario of “slow” entertainment addresses that responsibility and invests in the cultural sectors self-suffiency too.
Methodology used
The "Film Seed Festival" project employs a narrative-driven methodology with the goal of creating sustainable scenarios that connect diverse stakeholders, ultimately resulting in a crop-powered festival offered at no cost to small rural communities.
The project's journey always commences with the cultivation of crops on a small farm, which serves as the festival's venue. The cultivated crops always serve a dual purpose. Half of the crop is designated for energy production, becoming the primary energy source for the festival's lighting, projectors, and sound systems. The remaining crop is transformed into nutritious cinema snacks, bridging the realms of food sustainability and cultural enrichment.
In its inaugural iteration, peanuts were the chosen crop and biofuel/roasted peanuts the sustaining results.
The upcoming second iteration, scheduled for September 2024, will use a popping corn cultivation and focus on organic agricultural waste and their conversion to biogas for immediate use in cooking or conversion to electricity. The honorary collaborators of this iteration will be the insect and microbial life of the field, the decomposers of organic waste, and producers of the biogas. This iteration aims to bring attention to a range of biodiverse participants currently under threat world-wide, such as the insect population, and ones of immense importance and benefit for cultivation and energy production such as microbial life
The festival will invite entomologists to research and educate on local insect life pesticide use, agricultural insect biodiversity management, and environmental engineers specializing in biogas production from organic waste.The project will again actively engage local chefs, with live demonstrations of cooking with biogas and aims to enrich its program with educational workshops for participants of all ages. The theme of the festivals documentaries will match the issues raised in this new narratives.
The project's journey always commences with the cultivation of crops on a small farm, which serves as the festival's venue. The cultivated crops always serve a dual purpose. Half of the crop is designated for energy production, becoming the primary energy source for the festival's lighting, projectors, and sound systems. The remaining crop is transformed into nutritious cinema snacks, bridging the realms of food sustainability and cultural enrichment.
In its inaugural iteration, peanuts were the chosen crop and biofuel/roasted peanuts the sustaining results.
The upcoming second iteration, scheduled for September 2024, will use a popping corn cultivation and focus on organic agricultural waste and their conversion to biogas for immediate use in cooking or conversion to electricity. The honorary collaborators of this iteration will be the insect and microbial life of the field, the decomposers of organic waste, and producers of the biogas. This iteration aims to bring attention to a range of biodiverse participants currently under threat world-wide, such as the insect population, and ones of immense importance and benefit for cultivation and energy production such as microbial life
The festival will invite entomologists to research and educate on local insect life pesticide use, agricultural insect biodiversity management, and environmental engineers specializing in biogas production from organic waste.The project will again actively engage local chefs, with live demonstrations of cooking with biogas and aims to enrich its program with educational workshops for participants of all ages. The theme of the festivals documentaries will match the issues raised in this new narratives.
How stakeholders are engaged
F.S.F has effectively engaged stakeholders at various levels in it’s inaugural iteration and will continue to do so.
At the local level, Tinos Island farmers played a pivotal role with their expertise in traditional sustainable farming practices which set the timeline of the project by design. Two local chefs designed and prepared the peanut cinema snacks. Their contributions brought a distinct local flavor to the event, enhancing the cultural experience for attendees.
Local news and press outlets played a crucial role in promoting the event through online blogs, newsletters, and regional radio broadcasts.
National stakeholders included Agenso, the technology providers of the smart agriculture sensors who set up the technological infastructure, academic institution initiative Act 4 Energy tech spin off , Democritus University was responsible for the process of biofuel production.
European stakeholders, including curators and film producers, provided a diverse range of films for the festival, from countries of Ukraine, Romania, Poland, and Greece.
European engagement has provided recognition on a larger scale, expanding the project's impact. The project has also featured exhibitions and presentations, starting with “Repairing the present: Retool” at ZKM and following all over Greece in talks and presentations.
At the local level, Tinos Island farmers played a pivotal role with their expertise in traditional sustainable farming practices which set the timeline of the project by design. Two local chefs designed and prepared the peanut cinema snacks. Their contributions brought a distinct local flavor to the event, enhancing the cultural experience for attendees.
Local news and press outlets played a crucial role in promoting the event through online blogs, newsletters, and regional radio broadcasts.
National stakeholders included Agenso, the technology providers of the smart agriculture sensors who set up the technological infastructure, academic institution initiative Act 4 Energy tech spin off , Democritus University was responsible for the process of biofuel production.
European stakeholders, including curators and film producers, provided a diverse range of films for the festival, from countries of Ukraine, Romania, Poland, and Greece.
European engagement has provided recognition on a larger scale, expanding the project's impact. The project has also featured exhibitions and presentations, starting with “Repairing the present: Retool” at ZKM and following all over Greece in talks and presentations.
Global challenges
The "Film Seed Festival" project embarks on a journey to confront significant global challenges through ,and by believing in, localized solutions. E iteration of the "Film Seed Festival" project aims to provide a replicable, small scale example of how to locally address the main environmental and climate challenges that eventually add up to affecting our planet on a global scale.
Globally, the dilemma of sustaining a burgeoning population while curbing the environmental impact of agriculture looms large. The project emphasizes on regenerative agriculture and the possibility of dual-purpose cultivation of crops for both energy and nourishment, showcasing how localized, sustainable farming practices can serve as the building blocks for global food security and environmental sustainability.
As the world grapples with the urgency of transitioning to clean and renewable energy sources to combat climate change, the project aims to present a variety of different narratives of clean and renewable energy independency at the community level. This adaptable approach can be utilised in various similar regions.
In a planetary landscape homogenized by forces of globalization, cultural diversity and heritage are at risk. The project takes an innovative stance by using a local approach that can actively contribute to the preservation of the independence and of thebuniqueness of small rural communities, a global challenge that needs addressing.
The project recognizes the paramount importance of engaging communities actively in sustainability efforts, a challenge resonating on a global scale.
Similar global resonance is found in environmental degradation and resource depletion sectors where sustainable farming practices can play a remarkably important role.
Globally, the dilemma of sustaining a burgeoning population while curbing the environmental impact of agriculture looms large. The project emphasizes on regenerative agriculture and the possibility of dual-purpose cultivation of crops for both energy and nourishment, showcasing how localized, sustainable farming practices can serve as the building blocks for global food security and environmental sustainability.
As the world grapples with the urgency of transitioning to clean and renewable energy sources to combat climate change, the project aims to present a variety of different narratives of clean and renewable energy independency at the community level. This adaptable approach can be utilised in various similar regions.
In a planetary landscape homogenized by forces of globalization, cultural diversity and heritage are at risk. The project takes an innovative stance by using a local approach that can actively contribute to the preservation of the independence and of thebuniqueness of small rural communities, a global challenge that needs addressing.
The project recognizes the paramount importance of engaging communities actively in sustainability efforts, a challenge resonating on a global scale.
Similar global resonance is found in environmental degradation and resource depletion sectors where sustainable farming practices can play a remarkably important role.
Learning transferred to other parties
The "Film Seed Festival" project presents a range of replicable elements, essentially offering a blueprint for circular narratives and regenerative storytelling that can be adapted to any location, tailoring the crop and scenario to suit specific geographical and community/cultural contexts.
For instance, the project's approach to sustainable and regenerative agriculture, incorporating practices like dual purpose crop cultivation, smart IOT technology for resource management collaboration with environmental engineering and actors from the cultural sector, can readily be applied in various agricultural settings with a variety of location-appropriate crops.
The notion of cultivating crops with a dual purpose, serving both energy generation and food production, can serve as a model to be emulated in diverse agricultural landscapes. It highlights the potential of dual-purpose crop utilization to address small-scale energy requirements of small farmers while simultaneously providing nutritious sustenance.
The project's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration is a model that can be transplanted into different contexts to tackle multifaceted challenges. Involving local communities, farmers, artists, and chefs in project planning and execution is a paradeigm that is easily replicated and can foster community ownership and engender a sense of collective responsibility for the landscape and its inhabitants. This approach is transferable to community-driven initiatives in various locations.
For instance, the project's approach to sustainable and regenerative agriculture, incorporating practices like dual purpose crop cultivation, smart IOT technology for resource management collaboration with environmental engineering and actors from the cultural sector, can readily be applied in various agricultural settings with a variety of location-appropriate crops.
The notion of cultivating crops with a dual purpose, serving both energy generation and food production, can serve as a model to be emulated in diverse agricultural landscapes. It highlights the potential of dual-purpose crop utilization to address small-scale energy requirements of small farmers while simultaneously providing nutritious sustenance.
The project's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration is a model that can be transplanted into different contexts to tackle multifaceted challenges. Involving local communities, farmers, artists, and chefs in project planning and execution is a paradeigm that is easily replicated and can foster community ownership and engender a sense of collective responsibility for the landscape and its inhabitants. This approach is transferable to community-driven initiatives in various locations.
Keywords
regenerative agriculture
arts and culture
science and technology
environmental sustainability
hyper-local food chain
