The Essential Role of Food in Sustaining Cities

‘Why the World Needs Anthropologists’ conference (WWNA) with this year’s theme of ‘Sustaining Cities’ brings together academia and industry for sustainable impact. The conference goals are to inspire and incite action, foster fruitful collaborations and exchange ideas and practices towards participating actively in the cities that we live, build and work in, involving designers, urbanists, planners, architects and applied anthropologists. This presentation explores the vital role of food in sustaining cities.