Street Food: wild food and urban foraging - Launch event on Thursday 5th Sept 12pm - How to Pay
Ceridwen Buckmaster
- how to pay
- the launch event on Thursday 5th September in Central London
- a reminder of the project, the book and the different rewards you can get by pledging money.
We'll use the Visica Piscis symbol to support us. If you can't make it tomorrow and want to join in, use the attached image. Write down all the parts of your life that bring you joy, energy and purpose. Place them somewhere within the Vesica Piscis to symbolise the earth and spirit worlds holding these elements in balance.
The Vesica Piscis is an ancient sacred symbol of two interlocking circles where the circumference of one circle goes through the center of another identical circle. Its geometry symbolises a union, of heaven and earth or spirit and matter.
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It’s a recipe book which matches seasonal wild food and world food. We begin in January and go through month by month, with recipes for a 3 course meal from a different community each month. For example, in January there are recipes from South East Asia including rice wraps with wild herbs and Chickweed salad with spicy dressing.
In March, we turn to East Asia with sautéed burdock root with shepherd’s purse sprinkle, wild herb Chinese dumplings and Dorayaki pancakes with Japanese knotweed.
And then in April, we are looking at recipes from the British Isles, including nettle haggis, Wild herb Glamorgan sausages and garlic mustard colcannon. The geographic region for each month represents a community that has settled here in London from that region. So we cover, North, South, East and West Africa, the Middle East, Greece and Turkey, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Mediterranean countries, South America and South Asia.
I am crowdfunding to raise £2,500 to publish the book. £1,500 will be spend on publishing costs, with about £1,000 to be distributed between two talented designers Ibuki Iwata and Dorothea Bohlius who are offering their services as a vastly reduced rate because they're my friends, and me for my time as writer and editor.
What you get from investing in this project is as follows:
Be a DAISY supporter - £10
DAISY:You will be mentioned and appreciated for your support in the book. You will also receive an invite for the book launch in December 2013.
Be a DANDELION supporter - £25
Dandelion: Receive a signed copy of the book from Ceridwen. You will also receive an invite for the book launch in December 2013.
Be a BLACKBERRY supporter - £55
Blackberry: Connect with Ceridwen for a skype chat about plants, food, cooking, and community plus a signed copy of the book. You will also receive an invite for the book launch in December 2013.
Be a HAWTHORN supporter - £75
Hawthorn: Go on a guided walk with Ceridwen in a South London green space to identify wild plants plus a signed copy of the book. You will also receive an invite for the book launch in December 2013.
Be a WILD ROSE supporter - £150
Wild Rose: Come for a unique Wild food forage and dinner with Ceridwen in South London plus a signed copy of the book. You will also receive an invite for the book launch in December 2013.
To reach the target, all I need is 100 of you to contribute £25 as advanced payment of your copy of the book. Or choose another reward if you want to contribute less or more. If we raise more than our target, then we can do a higher print run which will contribute to the sustainability of the work.
So how has this book come about? It's simple, we've gone walking together in parks and green spaces finding plants that are edible and safe to pick, we've talked together and we've cooked food together. The name Invisible food refers to everything that sustains us that isn’t ordinarily visible or easy to spot. The ‘food’ has a literal and practical interpretation; the ‘food’ is the wild foods such as nettle, elderflower, chickweed, dandelion that, once we’ve learnt how to identify, we can harvest and learn how to use. There is also a deeper, more soulful and humanistic interpretation, as that which sustains us emotionally and spiritually, such as friendship, a strong community, a connection with the earth, and a belief in social justice.
When I began this project in 2008, I knew pretty much nothing about plants. I learnt to connect to the plants in a meaningful way, not just by observing them or learning their names, but by learning which ones I could eat. I learnt about their unique flavours and textures and created new recipes that worked well for each particular plant I was discovering.
You may be asking Why Wild Food? Why world food? What’s the connection?
Well, for me, it was an opportunity for play and innovation. A ‘Why not?’ kind of thing. But there’s also something about a connection with wild plants that brings a kind of rootedness and sense of belonging. Connection with nature brings wellbeing, we all know that and I really want that sense of wellbeing for everyone so that no matter where you were born or were you came from, you know the green spaces in the city, you are familiar with some of the wild plants and you know their potential as food sources. Experimenting with World Food seemed to be the most inclusive way of beginning this conversation.
Another big motivation for this book is that this has been a community project run on a lot of love and not much money at all. This book will mark and commemorate 5 years of the energy of people coming together across barriers, beyond comfort zones, towards each other in a city where people can easily be separated from each other. I don't want the experience of this to slip away unnoticed, as many projects with community wellbeing at the heart of them do. I want this book to be a reminder of what we can achieve with the 12 magic ingredients of:
1. Belonging
2. Purpose (alignment with purpose)
3. Sharing
4. Support
5. Humour, Play & Fun
6. Hope & Trust
7. Flow (saying yes to the now, acceptance)
8. Inclusion (asking who isn’t here and needs to be here?)
9. Safety (physical and emotional)
10. Clarity (around structure & order)
11. Learning
12. Knowing that you matter
And what do I hope for the future, after this book is published?
I hope that this book supports you to connect to nature and to your community in a spirit of greater connection, fun and play. And that you do what your parents probably always told you not to do, start playing with your food!
Thursday 5th September 12pm - 2pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank, SE1
Street Food:
Urban foraging and world food
How you can get involved:
1. Find out the latest about the project, visit ww.facebook.com/InvisibleFoodStreetFood
2. Watch the video about the campaign here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvndAp7LM-I
If you want to donate, let me know, it really helps me plan for the campaign.
3. Donate or pre-order your book when the campaign is live, September 5th until October 5th 2013 at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/
4. November 2013: Receive your book and get cooking
5. Hear more about Invisible Food here 'Local Warming' - Climate change stories. http://youtu.be/6oxjIGdGpzA
Thursday 5th September 12pm - 2pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank, SE1
To mark the Launch of the Street Food crowdfunding campaign www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/, please come and hear about the aims and intentions of the project and to explore and share info about your own projects....
See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/19833/#sthash.QKmDLbMn.dpuf
Street Food:
Urban foraging and world food
How you can get involved:
1. Find out the latest about the project, visit ww.facebook.com/InvisibleFoodStreetFood
2. Watch the video about the campaign here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvndAp7LM-I
If you want to donate, let me know, it really helps me plan for the campaign.
3. Donate or pre-order your book when the campaign is live, September 5th until October 5th 2013 at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/
4. November 2013: Receive your book and get cooking
5. Hear more about Invisible Food here 'Local Warming' - Climate change stories. http://youtu.be/6oxjIGdGpzA
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Thursday 5th September 12pm - 2pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank, SE1
To mark the Launch of the Street Food crowdfunding campaign www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/, please come and hear about the aims and intentions of the project and to explore and share info about your own projects....
See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/19833/#sthash.QKmDLbMn.dpuf
Street Food:
Urban foraging and world food
How you can get involved:
1. Find out the latest about the project, visit ww.facebook.com/InvisibleFoodStreetFood
2. Watch the video about the campaign here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvndAp7LM-I
If you want to donate, let me know, it really helps me plan for the campaign.
3. Donate or pre-order your book when the campaign is live, September 5th until October 5th 2013 at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/
4. November 2013: Receive your book and get cooking
5. Hear more about Invisible Food here 'Local Warming' - Climate change stories. http://youtu.be/6oxjIGdGpzA
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Thursday 5th September 12pm - 2pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank, SE1
To mark the Launch of the Street Food crowdfunding campaign www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/, please come and hear about the aims and intentions of the project and to explore and share info about your own projects....
See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/19833/#sthash.QKmDLbMn.dpuf
Street Food:
Urban foraging and world food
How you can get involved:
1. Find out the latest about the project, visit ww.facebook.com/InvisibleFoodStreetFood
2. Watch the video about the campaign here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvndAp7LM-I
If you want to donate, let me know, it really helps me plan for the campaign.
3. Donate or pre-order your book when the campaign is live, September 5th until October 5th 2013 at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/
4. November 2013: Receive your book and get cooking
5. Hear more about Invisible Food here 'Local Warming' - Climate change stories. http://youtu.be/6oxjIGdGpzA
"The window is now, the sun, the suns of elderflower. All of a sudden it’s everywhere and there’s an abundance of graciousness in the air." Text messaging project May 26th via web
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Thursday 5th September 12pm - 2pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank, SE1
To mark the Launch of the Street Food crowdfunding campaign www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/, please come and hear about the aims and intentions of the project and to explore and share info about your own projects....
See more at: http://www.projectdirt.com/apps/event/19833/#sthash.QKmDLbMn.dpuf
Street Food:
Urban foraging and world food
How to pay
The campaign begins on Thursday 5th September at 12pm (BST, which is GMT-1 for those of you in different time zones).
It would be AMAZING if you could pay soon after the campaign starts to get it off to a really good start.
Click here to visit the project after 12pm on Thursday (the link won't be live until then) and pay http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streetfood/
You have two options for payment. You can pay by Paypal (and you have to pay a 68p charge on the £25 option). Money will be taken from you immediately and refunded if we don't reach our target (which we will, by the way!). This is the only option for non UK residents. You will need a paypal account.
or if you have a UK bank account, you can pay by GoCardless. GoCardless sets up a “one-off” direct debit. Payment will only be taken from your account if the project raises their target within their timescale, that it, money will only be taken from your account at the end of the campaign on 5th October 2013, when we know we've reached our target. You will need to set up a GoCardless account which is very quick and easy to do.
Just as a reminder, I need 100 people to pay the £25 option and that's it. That feels very manageable especially as over 30 people have already pledged support, which really made me feel good!
1. Find out the latest about the project, visit ww.facebook.com/InvisibleFoodStreetFood
2. Watch the video about the campaign here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvndAp7LM-I
If you want to donate, let me know, it really helps me plan for the campaign.
Hear more about Invisible Food here 'Local Warming' - Climate change stories. http://youtu.be/6oxjIGdGpzA
