We are a group of students currently taking a MOOC from the Stanford Venture Lab called "Crash Course on Creativity". This week, our teacher (and internationally bestselling author)
Tina Seelig, asked us to see how we could look at bread in a new way. Our goal is to add as much value as we can starting with a single loaf of bread.
Being located in different time zones, we started to wonder about the value of bread in the cities we live in. We also researched different & unconventional that ways that bread can be used and we wondered why many of the commercial grade breads we buy are so expensive considering their low nutritional value.
We learned that certain countries, like Hungary, set a fixed price on bread to make sure that people will always be able to buy the bread they need. We also polled our various networks to find out how much bread they can purchase with $5.
In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, we talked about how bread would have a greater perceived value in communities where food was scarce. This led us to wonder what would happen if we encouraged people to make a bread and then give it away?
Offering the bread as a gift would certainly increase it's perceived value and it might also make us realize that we can create more value for ourselves by baking a fresh loaf with nutritional, wholesome ingredients.
We think that the simple act of giving bread will create positive change in your world... and ours. We hope you will join in the fun! So, what kind of bread would you like to make? Share your favorite recipes in the comments!
-Yanik
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