SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas has grown into a very important annual event for the technical, film and media crowd. But important conversations and panels took place this year featuring issues related to sustainability including climate change, democracy, handheld economics and the inspiring Save Food panel.
Health, hunger, organics, toxics, food distribution – managing our food resources is a big challenge that we need to fix.
Enjoy this conversation with Save Food panel moderator Rachel Weidinger (@rachelannyes)
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Save Food Panel Summary
This SxSW panel discussed how nonprofits and social entrepreneurs are making access to sustainable food easier with shortcodes, social networks, advocacy tools, and location-based platforms. The founder of FarmsReach shared her vision for this web platform for local, sustainable food. We discussed the evolution of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch to mobile access, and the recent launch of their iPhone app. The advocacy work of the American Farmland Trust was covered, including some surprises about SEM. We shares how the Sierra Club’s global warming portal with integrated social network–Climate Crossroads–is using food to engage users in information sharing and social networking.
Save Food Links
- Learn more about Save food by following the conversation on Twitter at #savefood.
- http://savefood.wikispaces.com – one stop destination to read about and contribute information to supplement panel presentations and learn more about SaveFood.
- Sierra Club project mashes together information and social networking community: Climate Crossroads
- FarmsReach connecting farmers with buyers in their local community (SF Bay area beta)
- Seafood Watch iPhone app
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