“My best memory would be the time that we were in Cascoland and we shared a beautiful meal and there was a storm. And then suddenly the sun came, and the end of the day was just the most beautiful light.” This is just one of the many memorable moments Upfarming and the City of Utrecht have shared, highlighted in the third Buddy Bites interview. It underscores the powerful role food plays as a social connector.
Today, we introduce you to Barbara Arita from Upfarming and Imara Antonius from the City of Utrecht. A shared mission of their Food Sharing Initiatives is to make the city a better place to live, and they both work toward this goal by using food as a tool to address social challenges.
One final insight from the interview, as Imara notes, is that “you need meeting spaces, so that people can, in a social way, engage and become great volunteers in the public space.”
If you want to hear more about lesson learned and best practice that this two FSIs have shared, click below and watch the full interview!
If you don’t know what are the buddy visits and you are interested in learning more about the journey of our FSIs you can read the article at this link: The Food Sharing journey towards a strong Community of Practice
