Tilling Roots and Seeds: biodiversity crisis and a better future for agriculture

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Tilling Roots and Seeds aims to enhance European cultural cooperation and capacity for artistic research and practice on the topic of the plants biodiversity crisis and sustainable food system in Europe. The project intends to broaden the participation of the cultural sector in the ongoing common effort to regenerate the EU food system. For Tilling Roots and Seeds this implies finding collaborative ways to discover, regenerate and narrate the work of the farmers in every aspect, by working in a way that is interconnected and in harmony with the natural world and respectful of future generations. The project also supports the role of art as a tool to awaken a critical understanding of climate change, that sheds light on how humans generate and affect it through the current food consumption systems. The project assumes that innovative solutions require the engagement of those involved in farming and food production as well as the voice of communities, as innovation can derive also from traditional knowledge. The overall objective of Tilling Roots and Seeds is to foster the involvement of the European creative community in facilitating the EU cultural shift towards a society that is based on a sustainable food system. This proposal builds upon the lessons learned through the EU funded project Roots and Seeds XXI. It further expands the capabilities and opportunities of the EU creative sector to contribute to fight the biodiversity crisis and the environmental degradation of our times and opens up opportunities for artists to collaborate with the scientific and farming sectors to imagine future sustainable scenarios. It also transfers knowledge and disseminates good practices and results to the cultural and scientific sector as well as to the general public. In this second phase, the project will also engage food consumers, particularly young people, and promote mental, emotional, and physical well-being of current and future generations.