The FoAM urban laboratory in Brussels is researching how people and plants can live and work together to create a healthy environment. Their Resilients Salon is a relaxed event with thematically linked food and drink open to everyone. Entry is payable by tomato, home grown or otherwise. The tomatoes will be made into a tasty soup.

Our cities contain many unofficial leisure spaces. These bits of wasteland have become increasingly popular with social and cultural societies and action groups. They often work with local residents to create public parks, or allotments. In the morning, projects in the canal zone, Kuregem and Molenbeek will be visited by bike. In the afternoon, there will be a debate at the Kaaitheater.

The open conference announced in the Burning Ice brochure is to be replaced by a private meeting of the members of the network. This meeting will also take place at the Kaaitheater, but will not be open to the public. - How can we make the way we farm and what we eat more sustainable? That’s
the question occupying The New Food Frontier. You’ll find this network
of thinkers and doers both in the field and at the table; in farming,
horticultural and food businesses; and in research groups, at
universities, pressure groups etc.

Opening Night - Carolyn Steel follows the trail of our food, from countryside to city, via markets and supermarkets, kitchens and dining rooms, waste disposal and back. She asks herself how we can use food more effectively to better understand our cities, to improve their design, and to make them into more pleasant places to live. Carolyn Steel will present her work and join a conversation with Brigitte van der Sande, chief editor of the publication Food for the City. A Future for the Metropolis.

Opening Night - openingsavond met o.a. Damien Chivialle, Annemie Maes, Els Dietvorst & Voorraad BRXL Réserve (expo), Anna Mendelssohn (performance) en Carolyn Steel (gesprek)