In this talk from TED.com, Carolyn Steel outlines how vulnerable modern cities are - removed from nature and divorced from food production. She has coined the term Sitopia - which means 'food place' - to help conceptualise a way to place food and nature back at the heart of our communities.
" Architect and author Carolyn Steel uses food as a medium to "read" cities and understand how they work. In her book Hungry City she traces -- and puts into historical context -- food's journey from land to urban table and thence to sewer. Cities, like people, are what they eat.."
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That was a very interesting talk. TED is also a good find for information. I recently saw a newspaper article about Vietnam, Ho Chi Min city moving away from their street markets and food stalls towards more supermarkets based on health hygiene and conveniance. The article was discussing the loss of community.
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