Man Food - Exploring men's opportunities for 'Becoming an ecological citizen' through protein-related food practices

目前的全球肉类消费趋势是不可持续的，大规模畜牧业生产带来了巨大的环境成本——温室气体排放、土地和水的使用以及动物健康和福利问题。Man Food是一个将社区合作伙伴与大学研究人员聚集在一起的项目，旨在探索有关食物和环境的问题，特别是与男性消费习惯有关的问题。该项目并不是要直接改变男性的行为，而是要看看男性是否可以通过不同的方式与食物联系起来，从而有益于健康、生活方式和环境。它来自于之前的两个关注食品和社区的项目，包括一系列与男性的食品研讨会，一场新的艺术表演的制作，一个解决项目核心问题的组织工具包，以及作为布里斯托尔健康城市周的一部分的一系列讨论午餐。研究人员艾玛·罗伊和保罗·赫尔利正在采用一种他们称之为“成为生态公民”的方法，作为一种将个人与环境的关系视为公民而不是纯粹的（道德）消费主义的方式。它采用动手和创造性的方法，通过烹饪和饮食等活动将人们与食物等问题联系起来。这使得人们能够进行不同的对话，从而重新思考他们对食物的习惯和信仰。在Man Food的背景下，我们感兴趣的是如何将这种方法应用于男性，考虑蛋白质多样化-食用一系列蛋白质，如蔬菜，豆类，鸡蛋和鱼类，以及/代替肉类-以支持热衷于解决男性与个人健康和环境动机行为相关的食物选择的组织。这所大学的研究人员将与风车山城市农场合作，风车山城市农场是一家慈善机构，通过给当地社区提供在城市中心体验农业的机会，提供教育、娱乐和治疗活动。与Knowle West健康公园的Man Alive小组一起，该农场将与来自布里斯托尔不同背景的男性一起开发一系列食品研讨会。Man Food还将有一名艺术家参与该项目，他将使用视频和其他方法创造性地回应互动研讨会上出现的想法。这些将构成为布里斯托尔天文馆创作的艺术表演的基础，其视频也将在Man Food网站上提供。在项目过程中，团队将针对男性和蛋白质开发“成为生态公民”的方法，并将制作一个工具包，供其他想要探索类似想法和活动的组织使用。研究人员工作方式的核心是与WHCF和KWHP进行对话，以确保像工具包和讲习班这样的产出是最相关和最有用的。该团队还将在健康城市周期间通过名为“男人美食野餐”的公共讨论活动，围绕这个主题展开对话（从这个项目以及从它所建立的先前项目中吸取的教训）。它还将通过社交媒体和与其他组织的关系扩大对话，如At-Bristol、Flexitarian Bristol、Hubbub、The Matthew Tree Project和The Edible Landscape Movement。

Current global trends in meat consumption are unsustainable, with large-scale livestock production carrying significant environmental costs - greenhouse gas emissions, land and water usage, and animal health and welfare concerns. Man Food is a project that brings together community partners with university researchers to explore questions around food and the environment, specifically in relation to men's consumption practices. The project is not about directly changing men's behaviour, but rather about seeing if there are different ways in which men can relate to food that might benefit health, lifestyle and the environment.It comes out of two previous projects looking at food and community, and involves a series of food workshops with men, the production of a new art performance, a toolkit for organisations that addresses the project's central concerns, and a series of discussion lunches as part of Healthy City Week in Bristol. Researchers Emma Roe and Paul Hurley are employing an approach they call "becoming an ecological citizen", as a way of thinking about the individual's relationship to the environment as one of citizenship rather than purely of (ethical) consumerism. It employs a hands-on and creative approach to connect people to issues like food through activities like cooking and eating. This enables different conversations to take place that might enable people to rethink their practices and beliefs around food. In the context of Man Food, we are interested in how this approach might be applied to men, in thinking about protein diversification - eating a range of protein like vegetables, beans, eggs and fish, as well as / instead of meat - to support organisations keen to address men's food choices in relation to personal health and environmentally-motivated behaviours.The university researchers will work in partnership with Windmill Hill City Farm, a charity that provides educational, recreational and therapeutic activities by giving the local community opportunities to experience farming in the heart of the city. Along with Knowle West Health Park's group Man Alive, the farm will be involved in the development of a series of food workshops with men from a range of backgrounds across Bristol. Man Food will also have an artist working on the project, who will use video and other approaches to creatively respond to ideas emerging in the interactive workshops. These will form the basis of an art performance created for the At-Bristol planetarium, a video of which will also be available on the Man Food website. Over the course of the project, the team will develop the 'becoming an ecological citizen' approach in specific relation to men and protein, and will produce a toolkit, available digitally, for other organisations wanting to explore similar ideas and activities. Central to the researchers' way of working is to be in dialogue with WHCF and KWHP, to ensure outputs like the toolkit and workshops are the most relevant and useful they can be.The team will also work to open up conversations around this subject (from this project as well as from the learning from previous projects on which it builds), through public discussion events called Man Food Picnics, during Healthy City Week. It will also extend conversations through social media and through relationships with other organisations, like At-Bristol, Flexitarian Bristol, Hubbub, The Matthew Tree Project and The Edible Landscape Movement.