Future Food Imaginaries
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This is the account of Future Food Imaginaries: https://foodimagine.org/ funded by FORMAS - a Swedish Research Council for Sustainability. This project studies food imaginaries in climate fiction from the Nordics, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
New post on Foodimagine: Food, Oil and Justice in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were
How does Mbue's novel raise vital questions on food justice?
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How does Mbue's novel raise vital questions on food justice?
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foodimagine.org/2025/11/07/f...
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New post on Foodimagine: Food, Oil and Justice in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were
How does Mbue's novel raise vital questions on food justice?
@thelancet.com
foodimagine.org/2025/11/07/f...
How does Mbue's novel raise vital questions on food justice?
@thelancet.com
foodimagine.org/2025/11/07/f...
One of the most important points of the meeting, made by Ayar Vir Jakhar: Agreements that force nations in the Global South to buy North Am or European produce impoverish farmers in GS. And poor farmers cannot change their ways of farming.
October 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
One of the most important points of the meeting, made by Ayar Vir Jakhar: Agreements that force nations in the Global South to buy North Am or European produce impoverish farmers in GS. And poor farmers cannot change their ways of farming.
Prof Jemilah Mahmood makes the point that it is difficult to translate concepts such as planetary boundaries to the languages of the global south. Storytelling is key. And those stories must evoke hope.
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Prof Jemilah Mahmood makes the point that it is difficult to translate concepts such as planetary boundaries to the languages of the global south. Storytelling is key. And those stories must evoke hope.
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Hello Bluesky! We are the Linnaeus Uni 🇸🇪 Centre for #Concurrences in Colonial & Postcolonial Studies.
We analyze the consequences of colonialism & other forms of domination, particularly on those dispossessed, exploited & marginalized due to imperial expansion
lnu.se/en/research/...
#Academicsky
We analyze the consequences of colonialism & other forms of domination, particularly on those dispossessed, exploited & marginalized due to imperial expansion
lnu.se/en/research/...
#Academicsky
Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
The Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies is a leading centre for Colonial and Postcolonial studies in Europe and a major Swedish and international research ...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Hello Bluesky! We are the Linnaeus Uni 🇸🇪 Centre for #Concurrences in Colonial & Postcolonial Studies.
We analyze the consequences of colonialism & other forms of domination, particularly on those dispossessed, exploited & marginalized due to imperial expansion
lnu.se/en/research/...
#Academicsky
We analyze the consequences of colonialism & other forms of domination, particularly on those dispossessed, exploited & marginalized due to imperial expansion
lnu.se/en/research/...
#Academicsky
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De media is blind voor #klimaatverandering door de voedselsector: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #klimaatcrisis #voedseltransitie
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
De media is blind voor #klimaatverandering door de voedselsector: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #klimaatcrisis #voedseltransitie
Eva Monterrosa of the Food Culture Alliance speaks about how you cannot transform the unjust food system without understanding culture. To help the process, they have introduced the NIBS framework. Check it out:
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October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Eva Monterrosa of the Food Culture Alliance speaks about how you cannot transform the unjust food system without understanding culture. To help the process, they have introduced the NIBS framework. Check it out:
foodculturealliance.org/wp-content/u...
foodculturealliance.org/wp-content/u...
The design agency EY Doberman has produced a Time Machine that takes people to the city of Malmö in 2035. There, politicians have failed to mitigate climate change and the city is crumbling. This is then contrasted with an image of Malmö as a resilient community centered on food.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The design agency EY Doberman has produced a Time Machine that takes people to the city of Malmö in 2035. There, politicians have failed to mitigate climate change and the city is crumbling. This is then contrasted with an image of Malmö as a resilient community centered on food.
sally.doberman.co
sally.doberman.co
Food Activist Dev Sharma makes a crucial point. People’s individual choices matter, but to be able to understand and communicate food and food change we need to use ”a more systemic-based language.”
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Food Activist Dev Sharma makes a crucial point. People’s individual choices matter, but to be able to understand and communicate food and food change we need to use ”a more systemic-based language.”
Blood brownie! Line J. Gordon serves a ”blood brownie” to everyone at the launch. The point is to not waste nutrients. Blood is rich in protein and iron, and part of the traditional Swedish diet. And yes, there was a vegan alternative made out of plant matter typically wasted in food industry.
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Blood brownie! Line J. Gordon serves a ”blood brownie” to everyone at the launch. The point is to not waste nutrients. Blood is rich in protein and iron, and part of the traditional Swedish diet. And yes, there was a vegan alternative made out of plant matter typically wasted in food industry.
Line J. Gordon, the EAT Transformation Group Head, describes the main barriers to global food transformation: Insufficient political leadership, Corporate interests that block change, and Weak and fragmented public demand for change.
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Line J. Gordon, the EAT Transformation Group Head, describes the main barriers to global food transformation: Insufficient political leadership, Corporate interests that block change, and Weak and fragmented public demand for change.
Christina C. Hicks, the EAT Lancet Justice Group Lead, describes the three pillars of the new EAT Lancet Report: Representational, Recognitional and Distributional Justice.
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Christina C. Hicks, the EAT Lancet Justice Group Lead, describes the three pillars of the new EAT Lancet Report: Representational, Recognitional and Distributional Justice.
Johan Rockström demonstrating how global socio-economic trends have mapped onto Earth-system trends since the 1970s. You cannot restore the Earth-system without also restoring global justice. This is science speaking.
October 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Johan Rockström demonstrating how global socio-economic trends have mapped onto Earth-system trends since the 1970s. You cannot restore the Earth-system without also restoring global justice. This is science speaking.
Richard Horton and Shakuntala H Thilsted describe the drivers of the 2025 EAT Lancet Report. These are justice, opportunity and health, with justice at the centre.
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Richard Horton and Shakuntala H Thilsted describe the drivers of the 2025 EAT Lancet Report. These are justice, opportunity and health, with justice at the centre.
I’m at the Stockholm Food Forum and the launch of the 2025 EAT Lancet Report (among other things). Very excited to be here.
October 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m at the Stockholm Food Forum and the launch of the 2025 EAT Lancet Report (among other things). Very excited to be here.
New post at FoodImagine: Food, Diets and Disaster in cli-fi novels Nattavaara and Armasjärvi
Nordic food futures won't just be insecure, they will also be bland!
foodimagine.org/2025/09/23/f...
Nordic food futures won't just be insecure, they will also be bland!
foodimagine.org/2025/09/23/f...
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
New post at FoodImagine: Food, Diets and Disaster in cli-fi novels Nattavaara and Armasjärvi
Nordic food futures won't just be insecure, they will also be bland!
foodimagine.org/2025/09/23/f...
Nordic food futures won't just be insecure, they will also be bland!
foodimagine.org/2025/09/23/f...
New blogpost at FoodImagine: The Massive, Marx and the Food System
This post discusses eco-Marxism and how the graphic novel The Massive critiques the extractive, capitalist (food) system.
foodimagine.org?p=2324
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This post discusses eco-Marxism and how the graphic novel The Massive critiques the extractive, capitalist (food) system.
foodimagine.org?p=2324
@darkhorse.com
@officialbrianwood.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New blogpost at FoodImagine: The Massive, Marx and the Food System
This post discusses eco-Marxism and how the graphic novel The Massive critiques the extractive, capitalist (food) system.
foodimagine.org?p=2324
@darkhorse.com
@officialbrianwood.com
This post discusses eco-Marxism and how the graphic novel The Massive critiques the extractive, capitalist (food) system.
foodimagine.org?p=2324
@darkhorse.com
@officialbrianwood.com
New blog post/video at FoodImagine: Interview with Professor Armando Pérez-Cueto on food, nutrition and climate change.
foodimagine.org/2025/08/26/i...
foodimagine.org/2025/08/26/i...
August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New blog post/video at FoodImagine: Interview with Professor Armando Pérez-Cueto on food, nutrition and climate change.
foodimagine.org/2025/08/26/i...
foodimagine.org/2025/08/26/i...
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This Earth Day pick up some hopeful climate fiction to power you up for the fight for a better world.
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#solarpunk #booksky #climatefiction #sff #hopepunk
#greensky #climatesky #sustainability #climatechange #eco #nature #climate #environment #lgbtq #books #ecopunk #sff
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#solarpunk #booksky #climatefiction #sff #hopepunk
#greensky #climatesky #sustainability #climatechange #eco #nature #climate #environment #lgbtq #books #ecopunk #sff
April 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This Earth Day pick up some hopeful climate fiction to power you up for the fight for a better world.
lnk.to/BGF24website
#solarpunk #booksky #climatefiction #sff #hopepunk
#greensky #climatesky #sustainability #climatechange #eco #nature #climate #environment #lgbtq #books #ecopunk #sff
lnk.to/BGF24website
#solarpunk #booksky #climatefiction #sff #hopepunk
#greensky #climatesky #sustainability #climatechange #eco #nature #climate #environment #lgbtq #books #ecopunk #sff
New blog at Foodimagine
Climate (food) fiction meets Sherlock Holmes in new Storytel series.
foodimagine.org/2025/03/26/n...
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Climate (food) fiction meets Sherlock Holmes in new Storytel series.
foodimagine.org/2025/03/26/n...
@sherlockholmesmag.co.uk
@climate-fiction.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
New blog at Foodimagine
Climate (food) fiction meets Sherlock Holmes in new Storytel series.
foodimagine.org/2025/03/26/n...
@sherlockholmesmag.co.uk
@climate-fiction.bsky.social
Climate (food) fiction meets Sherlock Holmes in new Storytel series.
foodimagine.org/2025/03/26/n...
@sherlockholmesmag.co.uk
@climate-fiction.bsky.social
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The future of American eating once seemed more tempeh than tomahawk steak. Not anymore, writes @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social.
The Return of Meat
Plant-based eating has lost its appeal.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The future of American eating once seemed more tempeh than tomahawk steak. Not anymore, writes @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social.
Given the cancellation of crucial climate/DEI research in the US, the VC of Linnaeus University considers how Sweden can become “a sanctuary for American researchers who can no longer work freely in their own country”.
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Universitetens vägval i en hotfull samtid - Rektorsbloggen
In English below I en tid av global oro och förändring måste svenska universitet ta ett större ansvar. Genom att värna om akademisk frihet och främja öppet vetenskapligt utbyte, ta en ledande roll i a...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Given the cancellation of crucial climate/DEI research in the US, the VC of Linnaeus University considers how Sweden can become “a sanctuary for American researchers who can no longer work freely in their own country”.
blogg.lnu.se/rektor/2025/...
@airinforms.bsky.social
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blogg.lnu.se/rektor/2025/...
@airinforms.bsky.social
@aip.bsky.social
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If your goal was to destroy the United States, could you do it more effectively than Trump?
Blocking federal scientists from participating in IPCC processes is among the most minor of maliciously destructive actions.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...
Blocking federal scientists from participating in IPCC processes is among the most minor of maliciously destructive actions.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...
Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report | CNN
The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and resea...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If your goal was to destroy the United States, could you do it more effectively than Trump?
Blocking federal scientists from participating in IPCC processes is among the most minor of maliciously destructive actions.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...
Blocking federal scientists from participating in IPCC processes is among the most minor of maliciously destructive actions.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
A new blogpost at FoodImagine: foodimagine.org/2025/02/06/f...
How does climate fiction narrate the fear of a collapsing food system, or of new types of food? A report from the first Fear Studies Network conference.
How does climate fiction narrate the fear of a collapsing food system, or of new types of food? A report from the first Fear Studies Network conference.
February 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A new blogpost at FoodImagine: foodimagine.org/2025/02/06/f...
How does climate fiction narrate the fear of a collapsing food system, or of new types of food? A report from the first Fear Studies Network conference.
How does climate fiction narrate the fear of a collapsing food system, or of new types of food? A report from the first Fear Studies Network conference.