The Glowing Network NANCY MARRS

Intertwining food within labour will restore Glasgow as a food and produce market town by increasing its on-site production and exchange of food between its residents, the public and the market stalls/commercial outlets. Both the public and private spaces within the scheme celebrate the rituals of cooking, eating and growing. Recreating a community who grow, eat, and cook together will help build a lively, sustainable, and selfsufficient community on site at the Barras.

This way of living aims to re-instate the historic links to water and agriculture in Calton as well as re-connecting us to the origins of what we consume. Creating a new network based around food production will help re-educate a population on healthier diets during an obesity crisis, reduce plastic waste production during a global plastic pollution crisis and help cut carbon emissions during a climate crisis – all problems which are at tipping point in today’s global society.