Connective Consumptions: Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem

Published by SHARECITY on the 14th August 2018.

Connective Consumptions: Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem

Food sharing, understood as the collaborative growing, cooking, eating and distributing of food, as well as the sharing of food related skills, spaces and tools, is experiencing a renaissance in cities. From meal sharing apps that are used to exchange home-cooked meals to online maps that reveal surplus harvests, innovative technologies are reshaping food sharing practices. Such initiatives intersect with other food and social movements to form what could be described as “food sharing ecosystems”. This paper applies assemblage theory to four food sharing initiatives in Melbourne, Australia, to ascertain the implications of their ecosystems for urban planning and policy.

To cite this article: Ferne Edwards & Anna R. Davies (2018): Connective Consumptions: Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem, Urban Policy and Research, DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2018.1476231

Ferne Edwards and Anna Davies