Database research record2025·Italy
Infrastructuring for caring food practices: learnings from an Alpine community academy
Bianca Elzenbaumer, Flora Mammana, Carmen Gonzalez Miranda, Irene Manfrini
Local Environment
Urban Farm DB summary
This paper explores grassroots infrastructuring supporting communal learning projects focused on caring food practices, from the perspective of practitioners at La Foresta community academy in the Italian Alps. It presents four interdependent activities—a community garden, a participatory drinks initiative, a mobile bread oven, and a forest school—demonstrating how food fosters community economies and empowers eco-social transformation.