User talk:Rosane linde

wiki exercise no. 1, screen time
A few months ago my friend's tiny bakery project went official and "The Riverside Bakery" became a Community Interest Company. This means that customers, bakers and directors alike produce the bread together and all the profit that is not needed to sustain the bakery will fund projects such as workshops of which the aim is educating people about food and finding solutions to the many flaws in our food production system. For months I have been asking myself and the people around me how we could cure the sicknesses of this world and I have not acknowledged that, in fact, the solutions were in front of me all this time. I realise now that many people around me have gone through a similar thought process as I have and they have come to the conclusion that small scale projects such as this little bakery can have a big impact, by bringing people together through everyday things such as food and creating discussions and a space for collective education. I now think that the most effective way for progressive social change to happen is from the bottom, rather than the top. It is after all our everyday activities that shape our lives. If we go to the supermarket buy a loaf of bread we find a wide range of what is essentially all the same; no nutrients, no substance, no taste. (I should to point out here that I grew up in a country that is blessed with an amazing bread culture and arriving in Scotland has created a small cultural shock for me.) We might sense that this loaf of bread is probably not actually worth what we pay for it and we will also know that a big part of the many loaves before us will end up in the bins at the end of the day. Yet we still buy it, we still give the company the means to continue to make profit even while allowing a big part of their products to go to waste. The Riverside Bakers do not offer a wide choice, in fact, every Tuesday an email is sent to everyone who subscribed and a choice of two to three types of breads or pastries is offered, and each person’s selection can be picked up a few days later. Like this no waste is created at all, as only as much is produced as will be sold. Furthermore the rich loaves are priced according to what their production is really worth, leaving just a little extra money for the bakery and its projects. In a business world focused on profit, competition and marketing this little bakery stands out as revolutionary and has opened my eyes to all the other revolutionaries around me that seem to go after the Persian saying by Rumi: “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.” – or go one step further and create a bakery!

http://riversidebakerycic.org