An Appetite for Change
Reimagining our food environment
Illustrations from Safefood’s An Appetite for Change exhibition, bringing community voices to life and highlighting ideas for creating a healthier, fairer and more supportive food environment across the island of Ireland.
Food shops
Eating out
Food on-the-go
Food delivery
Education, care and work spaces
Food ads and social media
Let’s keep talking about food
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The Food Environment is the food that surrounds us. It shapes what food we buy and eat. Today our Food Environment is overflowing with unhealthy options and that is affecting our health.
This needs to change.
We asked communities around the island of Ireland to give us their vision of a healthier food environment.
We discussed 6 areas:
Food Shops
Eating Out
Food On-The-Go
Food Delivery
Education, Care and Workspaces
Food Adverts and Social Media
People spoke passionately about ways to make healthier eating easier.
The conversations showed an overwhelming appetite for change.
Award-winning illustrator Steve Doogan attended all the discussions and created illustrations of group ideas in real time. He refined these sketches into a series of 24 illustrations – 4 for each food environment.
A vibrant mix of ideas and insights emerged illustrating people’s visions and desires. They show that people want significant change across society.
We hope that these illustrations will generate discussions among communities and policy makers to work together to build a healthier food environment and protect our children’s health.
