Food and cities are intrinsically connected. Yet it is precisely in cities that we are less and less aware of this, as the production and processing of most of our food now takes place far away from where we live, out of sight and mind. The consequences of this global food system, however, become increasingly visible to us as city dwellers. Yet it is also in the city, that we can start to look for answers.

In order to unravel the complex relationship between food and cities, an international group of students participated in “The Urban Food Experience”, an interdisciplinary three-week summer school in Amsterdam. They used the city of Amsterdam both as a case to investigate, and as a laboratory to experiment in. This blog series reports on this experience.

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