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Forkways #13: Questions About Food

I came to study food as a way of entry into communes and intentional communities across the country. I though that even the most private group would most likely be willing to share a meal. The following is a draft of interview questions I created for field work I hoped to do on intentional communities and their mealtime practices. Intentional Community food survey How many people live in the community? Adult. Children. Is there a limit to how many people can live or visit? What is this limit based on? How are members selected? How many people visit the community? Does a distinction between these change the nature of meals? Is food grown on the property? What is the size of the lot? What is the size of plots dedicated to which grown food? It any food sold or traded outside of the community? How are meals structured? Do they follow traditional meal breakdowns? Where does the food come from? What is the food served on? How is the food served? Wh