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CHAPTER 7
Communication
across Europe
matters
EVERY BITE HAS ITS PLACE -
A GLOBAL 2000 M 2 - FIELD IN PANKOW
The case of the Bitola workshop and
its impact illustrates how important Humans cultivate 1,5 billion hectares of arable land globally.
the exchange of experiences and If we divided this equally between the global population of 7,5
good practices is for transition towards billion, we would each receive a 2000 m² plot of land. This would
better law-making and governance. have to satisfy all of our needs: cereals, fruit, vegetables, oil seeds,
Public and social media usually
fruits, sugar, tobacco, coffee and tea, even the cotton in our jeans
offer very limited information of this and the rubber for our tires, the fuel and power generated from
kind and tend to interpret EU affairs in fields and, of course, all the organic waste we produce.
a limited national context. For Forum If we are careful, 2000 m² is more than enough for one person.
Synergies it is important to put our The Global Field is a representation of how much of this lot is
local workshops and projects also currently used for these different purposes. It shows us how
into a more global context and offer wasteful and unequal our current food system is. It maps out how
links to educational material which much land is required for individual dishes, for spaghetti Bolognese
offers such context. One of these for example. This can also be done on the app.
projects is the global 2000 m field “Every bite we eat has its own place where it was growing,” Benny
which illustrates how much our own Haerlin, the initiator of the global field, explains its purpose.
food choice matters for reaching “Close your eyes next time you eat and imagine these places, this
sustainable farming and food makes the whole difference!”
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consumption.
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