![]() And yet, argues Metcalfe―a cautious technology optimist―technological advances offer opportunities for innovations that can get better food to more people in an increasingly urbanized world. It might not be easy to transfer our affections from verdant fields of organic tomatoes to high-rise greenhouses tended by robots. Networked, digital tools will improve the food system but will also challenge our relationship to food in anxiety-provoking ways. She finds that the food supply chain is adapting to our increasingly complex demands for both personalization and convenience―but, she says, it won’t be an easy ride. In Food Routes, Robyn Metcalfe explores an often-overlooked aspect of the global food system: how food moves from producer to consumer. I suggest that reading her book about women investors in the 18 th century would be full of such insights. The whole idea that women were shrewd investors then was a surprise to me. This article by Amy Froide in The Conversation, a cool and smart website for news, shares her historical perspective on women at the time of Queen Anne. I found The Favourite a little strange but the acting and costumes were superb. Psychology professor, Art Markman, Futurist, Max Elder, and Smart City Evangelist Henry Gordon-Smith were rock stars on the stage.Ĭaught the Oscars (my allegiance to my home town runs deep). Will head into the festival this week, starting with our Food+City Challenge, then my panel on The Future of Eating. Even without an official badge, you can learn about ideas from unexpected places. This is the month that Austin attracts creatives and technologists from all over the world. Am writing several pieces for media outlets and hope they run them. Then PBS filmed a short segment on pizza as a homage to Pi Day, March 14 th. Last week, The Wall Street Journal published my article about chicken tracking (J) and then NPR put me on Morning Edition. Am grateful to my publicist at the MIT Press he is doing a great job getting the book out there. Ariely puts Smith in a contemporary context, creating some new ways of looking at supply and demand.įood Routes……My book is out! You can buy it here: …….Would worship you if you bought one and then wrote a stunningly positive review on Amazon. This was an unexpected complementary read to the book I read last month about Adam Smith. Great insights about why we eat unhealthy food, and pay too much for things we don’t need. This past week, I read Predictably Irrational, and enjoyed his easy to read prose along with his relatable ideas about why we do things that appear irrational. Having met Dan Ariely this past fall at Poptech, I wanted to learn more about his ideas around consumer behavior. By the time she has wandered through the library and its conflagration, you might find out who the arson was.maybe. Orlean tells the story of the event while shining a light on libraries in general at a time when we download our books. The building survived but millions of documents were incinerated. Nested on Hope Street, is the LA County Library, built in 1926 and burnt down by an arsonist in 1986. Downtown LA appears out of the hazy Southern California sky as a jumble of high-rise concrete buildings. Being from Los Angeles, this book piqued my interest. That would be 3 not 4 weeks of drawings, I guess. Aim to get at least 75 percent of my goal this month. For March, I want to continue with a daily drawing but because of SXSW and travel, I imagine many will be quick pencil sketches done on the run. I did learn a lot: new materials such as liquid watercolors, watercolor brush pens, white ink pens, and felt pens. It was always a highpoint of my day, even though sometimes I felt out of ideas for subjects and also rushed on some days when I barely had time for drawing anything. Am going to Italy this month and still feel confident about mumbling Italian but not really taking on a conversation.Ĭompleted a full month of daily drawing. Am going to experiment with a few YouTube Italian conversation sessions. Still on track for daily practice, but my two kids and a friend are way ahead of me. ![]()
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