permaculture

[venaurafarm <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 8/7/2012 2:28 PM, venaurafarm wrote:
> On 8/7/2012 10:02 AM, Toby Hemenway wrote:
> > > If we want to survive . . . each and every family as much as
> > > possible needs to be able to produce it's own food for itself, and
> > > as many other people as possible.
>
> Right on and thumbs up, onward relentless, let nothing stand in your way.
>
> > I don't need to grow my own food.
>
> But there are millions of others who do need to grow their own food in
> order to have a healthy diet, involve themselves in very worthwhile
> activities as practitioners and learners.
> > I need to be part of a healthy
> > network that does.
>
> Those networks, if they exist, are not necessarily available to millions
> of people and for a varieties or reasons. Let's hear more about your
> networks. Who forms them, who is part of them and who keeps them going
> and functionsl?

> > While I'd love it if everyone gardened, a
> > coordinated community food system
>
> Where are they and how many are there; what is the projected future for
> this resource?

I did not address the concept of community food systems properly. 
Obviously that is a big deal all across the country. I am talking about 
a system that supplies not only those in need but the middle class as 
well (since they were the hardest hit by the national economic 
downturn). It goes without saying that a nation of home gardeners, 
urban, suburban and rural dacha-dwellers can become a nation of healthy, 
local as well as regional, coordinated community food systems.
Well organized community food systems are gaining ground as are CSA's 
and other subscription agriculture systems, farmers markets, farm 
stands, pick your own operations, direct sales, on farm sales and people 
just selling to their neighbors.