permaculture

[lbsaltzman@aol.com]

In my humble opinion the person who wrote this article doesn't know what he 
is talking about. He certainly hasn't been exposed to Permaculture. We can 
use permaculture design to grow our food more intelligently.

First of all, any food that you grow yourself hasn't been shipped and that is 
a good thing.? And nobody said that you only can grow fruit and vegetables at 
home, as the article implied.? We have a third of an acre with currently 88 
trees, soon to be 100. We have a lot fruit some nuts and avocados.? We are 
starting to grow perennial beans as vines up the trees to up the protein 
coming from the land.? Home growers can incorporate chickens and other small 
animals into the landscape, except where outmoded codes don't permit it.?

Also we need a partnership between home growers and small local organic 
farmers. What we don't, or can't grow ourselves should be supplemented by 
those farmers rather that supermarket food grown by factory farmers.

Grain can be grown in much smaller scale operations either at home or by 
local organic farms.? And we simply don't need to be growing the vast amount 
of corn and soy we grow for the purpose of feeding it to animals who 
shouldn't be on such a diet in the first place.? Local organic?farmers and 
ranchers can supplement the eggs and meat in our diet rather than 
conventional meat feed an unhealthy diet of grain and corn which tortures the 
animals and is unhealthy for us.? It is possible to do small scale fish 
production at home and we should also encourage and invest in people who want 
to start small commercial fish farms done in an organic and sustainable way.

In Santa Barbara, where I live, there are active community groups having get 
togethers where produce, seeds and plants are exchanged. That means that 
growing food is part of building local community.?It is all part of getting 
people off of a consumerist lifestyle and?re-connecting them with nature and 
community. That should have corporations shaking?in their boots.???I think 
that growing food in your garden is one of the most radical things you can 
do.? 

Larry Saltzman


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Burley <chris@myfarmsf.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc: loveidovei@gmail.com
Sent: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 6:16 pm
Subject: [permaculture] Turning Your Lawn into a Victory Garden Won't Save 
You -- Fighting the Corporations Will



Good Morning, Day, Evening all, I am new to this list and hope to get to
know each one of you over the coming months and years.

I am currently leading an organization based in San Francisco which is
creating a decentralized urban farm. We grow vegetables in backyard gardens
throughout the city. By increasing local food production we are creating a
secure and sustainable food system. Using permaculture and organic practices
we strive to grow the best tasting most nutritious vegetables while
restoring the live and diversity of the land.

Today, I read an article that concerned me and brought about greater
challenges and opportunities to mind. I am not naive enough to believe our
organization was going to alter the current industrial agricultural
landscape, however I am eager to address systemic challenges with systemic
solutions.

The article is posted here -
http://www.alternet.org/story/86943/turning_your_lawn_into_a_victory_garden_won%27t_save_you_--_fighting_the_corporations_will/?comments=view&cID=938243&pID=938211#c938243

I ask each one of you, what role does the individual play in the collective
well being of our society, our nation, our world? Is planting a garden
enough? What actions are each one of you taking to transform the current
system into a regenerative food production system?

A million and one thanks,
Chris Burley
Director of Operations and Organizational Development of MyFarm
http://www.myfarmsf.com/
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