Moscow Food Co-op - Let’s See What Co-op Members Eat in a Week!

Let’s See What Co-op Members Eat in a Week!

What does your family eat in one week? Photographer Peter Menzel and author Faith D'Aluisio traveled the world to document the daily lives of families through their choices in food. Their book, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, is illustrated with photographs of families surrounded by their food choices. The photos are profound for what they show in terms of the family and their preferences, the cultural and global economy influences on their diet, and how much it all costs. We are interested in seeing what your family eats. We invite you to submit a photo of your family with a week’s worth of food. In addition to the photo submit a short narrative (150 words). What we need to know: What does a week’s worth of food look like? How much does it cost? How many does it feed? Is it bulk? Is it organic? Where did you get it: your garden, Moscow Food Co-op, or other local grocery stores?

Take a look at the categories to guide your narrative description. Include your total cost for the week, detailed by where you made the purchases. We’ll look at the following criteria to award prizes: highest percentage of food home-grown; highest percentage of purchased food bought at the Moscow Food Co-op; lowest cost per person; most healthy vegan; most healthy vegetarian; most healthy meat eater; most healthy with dietary restrictions (food allergies, diabetes, etc); most bulk food/least prepackaged food; most food bought from locally owned businesses; most organic food; most food from the essential basket. Prizes will vary, but they will be from MFC’s very own shelves.

Prizes will be given for various categories at our Annual Meeting, a parking lot party September 6, 2008. All entries must be emailed to the This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it by July 30 by midnight. No late entries will be accepted. Winners’ pictures and a summary will be posted on the MFC website.

See the book, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats at your local bookstore or at http://www.menzelphoto.com/books/hp.html or http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373690,00.html