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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Russians Proving That Small-Scale, Organic Gardening Can Feed the World | Reclaim, Grow, Sustain
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:17:43 -0400

Russians Proving That Small-Scale, Organic Gardening Can Feed the
World | Reclaim, Grow, Sustain
http://reclaimgrowsustain.com/content/russians-proving-small-scale-organic-gardening-can-feed-world

Russians Proving That Small-Scale, Organic Gardening Can Feed the World

When it's suggested that our food system be comprised of millions of
small, organic gardens, there's almost always someone who says that it
isn't realistic. And they'll quip something along the lines of,
"There's no way you could feed the world's growing population with
just gardens, let alone organically." Really? Has anybody told Russia
this?

On a total of approximately 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of
land, 16.5 million Russian families grow food in small-scale, organic
gardens on their Dachas (a secondary home, often in the extra urban
areas). Because growing your own food happens to be a long-lived
tradition in Russia, even among the wealthy.

Based on the 1999 "Private Household Farming in Russia" Gosmkostat
(State Committee for Statistics) statistics, these Dacha families
produced:

38% of Russia's total agricultural output
41% of the livestock
82% of the honey
79% of the sold cattle
65% of the sold sheep and goats
59% of the milk
31% of the sold poultry
28% of the eggs
91% of the potatoes
76% of the vegetables
79% of the fruits

If Russian families can manage such production in their region's very
short growing season (approx. 110 days), imagine the output most parts
of the world could manage by comparison. Unfortunately in just the US
alone, lawns take up more than twice the amount of land Russia's
gardens do (est. 40-45 million acres).
- See more at:
http://reclaimgrowsustain.com/content/russians-proving-small-scale-organic-gardening-can-feed-world#sthash.yM7AmDC1.dpuf



  • [permaculture] Russians Proving That Small-Scale, Organic Gardening Can Feed the World | Reclaim, Grow, Sustain, Lawrence London, 06/30/2013

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