Episode 198: Design Used in Advancing Equity in the Food System
About the Podcast
Today, Clancy speaks with Lucy Flores, Design Strategist and Founder of Studio Magic Hour, a collaborative design studio working to advance equity in the food system. In this episode, you won’t want to miss their discussion about how she uses design as a platform to advance equity in the food system, what it means to expand the lens on food beyond nutrition, and what it means to practice equity in the creative side of designing.
About Lucy Flores
Lucy Flores is a Design Strategist and Founder of Studio Magic Hour, a collaborative design studio working to advance equity in the food system. She is also a former Equitable Design Fellow at Hopelab and has partnered with organizations including the California Academy of Sciences, the Fair Food Network, Foodlab, The Nature Conservancy, Plant Futures, Share Our Strength, and the Southern Poverty Law Center to lead design and design research projects, facilitate workshops, and coach in-house design and innovation teams.
Discussion Takeaways
- Summer meals are a time when we need to reach out and support, ensuring programs are designed to meet the community's needs due to low participation rates.
- Food is inherently neutral, serving as a necessity not only for nutrition but also to connect us to our land, waters, culture, history, community, and memory.
- Food sustains us by nourishing our bodies, spirits, and communities. It is foundational to human life and a fundamental right.
- Some entities use food to control others, whether by withholding basic nutrition, limiting essential resources, or forcing people to work the land to produce food for others.
- The beauty of collaboration lies in forming teams that combine expertise, lived experience, and academic knowledge.
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