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Credit Ben Witt, RBG Kew
Food Forever
Food Forever is a Kew Gardens Exhibition exploring the future of food in a changing world, from Saturday 21st May – Sunday 18th September 2022.
• Kew’s exciting 2022 summer programme shines a light on the fragile future of food
• Food Forever will explore how the food choices we make impact the planet
• Large-scale art installations form an interactive trail around the gardens
• There will be film screenings
and talks from food innovators, scientists, and chef collaborations
• Also, there will be an immersive art exhibition from Pip & Pop in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
Food: we love it, and we can’t live without it. In a rapidly changing world, the food we eat is changing too. Across summer 2022, Kew Gardens will host a brand-new summer programme, Food Forever, exploring the future of food, taking visitors to the UNESCO World Heritage site on a thought-provoking journey exploring the impact which our day-to-day eating habits have on the world around us. As well as a host of large-scale art installations, screenings, and talks, Food Forever will also feature contributions from pioneering scientists at Kew who are working hard to research the importance of sustainable
food production and consumption with partner organisations all over the world.
Each of the large-scale contemporary art installations, which visitors can discover on a self-led trail around
Kew Gardens, highlights a different aspect of modern food consumption
or production, including sustainability, future foods, and the food security. Lose yourself in a fantastical cornfield labyrinth or take a seat with giant wooden ‘trolls’ resting among the trees. Exploring a variety of themes through these enthralling art works, visitors will be able to reflect on what we can do to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
During Food Forever, the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
will host acclaimed Australian artist Pip & Pop, presenting a wonderfully vibrant exhibition which focuses on ideas of food insecurity and future foods. Working in collaboration with Kew Science, Pip & Pop will create an immersive installation of a fantasy feast filled with foods identified by Kew as neglected and underutilised species, many of which may help to solve food scarcity issues in the future.
By learning about the health benefits of plants and fungi, the importance of global ecosystem conservation and the need to utilise more climate-resilient and sustainable crops, visitors to Food Forever will be empowered to make
Visitors will be able to reflect on what we can do to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
positive changes in their day-to-day lives, all of which will help to combat biodiversity loss and mitigate the devastating impact of climate change.
Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex, will host its own food-inspired programme, Nourish. Promising a series of major outdoor art installations across its spectacular gardens, vibrant After Hours evening events, and interactive workshops, the 12 week programme invites visitors to discover more about fascinating Kew science research projects through the innovative art installations and savour their time
in nature.
Further details at www.kew.org/kew- gardens/whats-on/food-forever
40 Allotment and Leisure Gardener