June 14, 2025
Migrant Herbarium of Affections
Date: Saturday June 14, 2025
Time: 11:00–14:00
Location: MHiC, Sant Adrià de Besòs
Free Activity. Limited capacity.
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In this second session of the Crops Refuge: Survival in a Shifting Climate series, Epicuro Lab invites the public to join an open dialogue and collaborative cartography exercise with botanist Iván Pérez Lorenzo, journalist and creator of the podcast La Otra Orilla, Malinali García.
The event will begin with a conversation focused on three key crops in our daily diet —coffee, tomato, and wheat— and will explore how these plants, much like people, have crossed continents driven by trade, colonization, migration, and cultural exchange.
Yet these same crops now lie at the heart of multiple global crises. The dialogue will explore how climate change, geopolitical conflicts, and geoeconomic fragmentation are transforming the future of global food systems. From droughts and floods threatening harvests, to wars and trade restrictions turning food into a tool of power, participants will reflect on the fragility of what reaches our plates —and on who gets left out of the system.
The public will be invited to reflect on the cascading effects of climate impacts on agriculture, and how these risks, far from remaining local, transcend borders, driving up prices, limiting access to food, and fueling political instability on a global scale.
As part of the participatory activities, attendees will be invited to collectively trace the migratory routes of a selection of crops chosen for the occasion. Using a world map, they will explore the historical, ecological, and political journeys these foods have taken, creating a collaborative cartography that weaves together botany, history, and migrant memory.
In addition, a shared breakfast featuring traditional foods from Catalan culinary culture —such as pa amb tomàquet (bread with tomato, made from wheat and tomato) and coffee— will be offered. This moment, which we call “from crops to consciousness” or “conscious breakfast”, will open up a space for slow, sensory reflection on the origin and journey of these foods to our tables.
Through a situated and collective conversation, possible solutions will also be discussed: How can we reduce food waste, adapt to climate-resilient agriculture, and move toward more sustainable, plant-based diets?
How can small-scale collaborations and local knowledge help communities regain control over their food systems in an increasingly uncertain world?
♻️ Carbon Footprint Card
This tool was used during the Crops Refuge workshop:"Wheat, Coffee, and Tomato: Three Crops to Understand the World", as a low-tech, participatory way to discuss climate justice and global food systems.
These Carbon Footprint Cards are designed to estimate the environmental impact—specifically the carbon footprint—of the journeys taken by everyday foods like wheat, coffee, and tomato from their place of origin (i.e. the region where the crop originally comes from) to their place of consumption—in this case, Spain.
🔗Download it, print it, and adapt it freely for educational or community use.
In the frame of Crops Refuge: Survival in a Shifting Climate.This project receives funding from a Horizon Europe project called VOICE
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