The 4th AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Food Planning Conference will take place from November 1-3, 2012 at the Technical University in Berlin. The theme this year will be evolving places, processes and products; changing food systems in an urban world. I will be presenting my Rations project as a case study for the growing convergence of food, design, technology and the arts as a contemporary creative trope and the usefulness of participatory models of engagement within food systems planning.