IHME Helsinki 2024: Maaleipä Challenge Award Ceremony

IHME Helsinki Commission 2024 by Cooking Sections The Maaleipä Challenge invites all home bakers, bakeries, restaurants, schools, and communities in Finland to create bread recipes that combine the well-being of land, water and people’s guts. 

The Maaleipä Challenge culminates in a celebratory event on Saturday 21 September 2024, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Teurastamo Kellohalli in Helsinki. Mark the date in your calendar to come and taste breads that will improve the future of the soil, water and gut! The gathering brings together the bread recipes for the soil selected from the open call for participants.

In addition to bread tastings, expect a market featuring soil-nourishing products, a food security workshop, bread chants, music and other treats inspired by Maaleipä – bread for the soil. The event is open to all and free of charge.

Food security in the age of environmental crisis can also be explored before the Awards Ceremony at the Climate Security Festival, organised in cooperation with the Safer Climate network on 19–20 September 2024.

The challenge is on from 15 April to 1 September. The programme and schedule of the ceremony will be updated on this page as the challenge progresses.