permaculture

[treaclemine@intranet.org]

Greetings,

        Does anyone know of any detailed analyses of what would be
modern, sustainable self-sufficient diets in various rich regions of
the world?  For example, if the UK decided to minimise the national
food miles, and eat only UK-grown food, grown sustainably, could we do
it?  Would we have to become largely vegetarian or vegan to feed
ourselves - I believe that soy, most rice, and many pulses are not
suitable to grow in the UK, and if so, how would we replace them in a
vegan diet?

        (BTW I'm sure we could make a case for continuing to import
small quantities of low volume, high added value luxuries via sea
freight, such as Fairtrade chocolate :-)

        Thanks in advance for pointers!

        Amanda in the UK

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