Scottish Alliance for Food

*** This competition is now closed and the results available on our showcase website***

 

For #WorldFoodDay, young people from across Scotland were invited to put their imaginations to the test and think about their vision for a better food future. This competition asked children to show us, through art, what they feel would contribute to fairer, healthier and more sustainable ways of producing, transforming, selling and eating food. Best entries will be selected for a showcase and will be awarded prizes (National Book Tokens or Love2Shop Vouchers).

If you are a teacher, this competition can build on work you are already doing on the #GlobalGoals or under Learning for Sustainability and Health and Wellbeing Experiences and Outcomes. 

 

*Competition Time – The Food Futures Challenge*  

Imagine…  you have travelled through time to your ideal food future. One that is good for your health, for the planet, and fair for everyone who lives on it. It may be 5, 50 or even 500 years from now. Close your eyes, step out of your time machine and imagine what has changed – can you describe it? What has changed in your food future?

 

What can you see?

Think about where you have travelled to; are you at home, at school or somewhere else? What do places (homes, shops, restaurants, farms) look like? What does the food look like? What has changed to make this food future better for people and the planet?

What can you hear? 

Think about the sounds you can hear. Are there any people or wildlife nearby? What are they doing, and what might they tell you about food in the future?

What can you taste, smell or feel? 

Time travel made you hungry. What are you going to eat? What flavours or smells are there? What are you using to eat the food in the future – does it feel different? 

 

We would like you to turn these thoughts and ideas into a poster or drawing. Your submission should be hand-drawn and should not reuse pictures or photographs. Make sure to explain your ideas as clearly as possible. You can use a mix of both words and pictures to bring your food future vision to life.

 

Criteria for prizes

Submissions will be assessed by a panel of professionals who are members of the Scottish Alliance for Food against the following criteria: 

• The submission demonstrates creativity, is original and has been created by the artist
• The submission gives us an important insight into what matters to the artist in relation to their food future and why  
• The submission information is presented clearly 

 

Prizes

All entries which are shortlisted will be eligible to be featured in an exhibition/showcase. Best entries will be voted by the wider SCAF membership, with 3 prizes allocated for each age category (7-11, 12-16). 

• 1st prize: £30 book/highstreet vouchers 
• 2nd prize: £20 book/highstreet vouchers 
• 3rd prize: £10 book/highstreet vouchers 

 Note: Submissions from children related to members of the Judging Panel will not be eligible for prizes. The judging panel includes Michael Johnson (Glasgow School of Art), Cindy Gray (University of Glasgow), Sara Smith (Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland), Aude Le Guennec (Glasgow School of Art), and Lucie de Seguins Pazzis (University of Edinburgh).

Entry & Eligibility

• To enter, you must be a young person living in Scotland between the ages of 7-16 years old
• Using the above brief, create a hand-drawn poster mixing visual and written content to showcase the imagined food future.  
• Take a good photograph or scan of your drawing/poster. Save it as a high-resolution .ppt .pdf, .jpg or .mp4 file (300 dpi) 
• Size: Max 1Gb.   
• Name of the file: lastname_firstname_age_FoodFuturesSCAF.pdf .ppt .mp4 or .jpg  
• Email your entry, along with the permission form and privacy notice, to scaf@glasgow.ac.uk by 8th January 2024, with results in early 2024.

Download the permission form

Download the Privacy Notice

 

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First published: 12 October 2023