Wow, is all I can say. I have just finished watching a couple of YouTube videos that (as far as I can tell) EVERYONE needs to watch. The first is called A Farm for the Future.
It’s a BBC documentary on the standard agricultural methods dependence on fossil fuel, and ways that we can get around it. Well done, easy to understand and without a doubt, anyone that likes to eat needs to watch it.
The second is a USA Today segment on Polyface Farms. A US based father and son team who have become leaders in community supported, local and environmentally intelligent agriculture.
These are eye opening productions that anyone who has ever stood in the corner grocery store and complained about the price of a tomato needs to see. If you didn’t take your daily bread very seriously before, you certainly will after watching these.
It’s VERY much time to wake up, smell the chickens, and learn how small, intensive production on a local scale could potentially save the human race from disaster when oil and fossil fuels are such a rare thing that driving into the city becomes out of the question. Permaculture, traditional farming methods and soil stewardship are not new topics, but there are a lot of people that think this is a NEW thing.
The corporate giants would have you believe that you can’t live without their products. Here’s a unique idea…try it. Healthy food is grown, not manufactured (ask any Hippie…). It is common knowledge that a healthy diet will save you a lot of health problems and so forth. Well, take a look at this and then decide if MANUFACTURING your groceries is a really good idea?
Healthy food consequences?
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:22 am
I found your blog through The Good Human twitter about permaculture – it’s great to see this concept picking up speed. After many years researching, I have started work on the yard in our new home to see what parts will hold which native edibles (already planted three hazelnut and two pawpaw trees) and what parts will be used for garden vegetables. I’m looking to have the yard look gorgeous while feeding myself and husband, friends, family, neighbours, and a few local wild animals. In London Ontario work has just begun to change chicken keeping laws and I am expecting the outcome to allow me to keep a few chickens for eggs. It`s all very exciting.
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 am
Lois,
How exciting to find other like minded folks!! It’s funny how something so small (a weekend course) can blossom into a life’s work! In our little town (Grenfell, SK) there’s a ZERO chicken bylaw, I’ve already asked. However, the upside to the affair is that the farm I’m constructing is only 15 minutes of our house in town. It’s going to be an amazing journey!! Do keep me posted on your urban agriculture project – I’ve LOVE to see photos!
Thank you for stopping by
T.
June 6th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Tammy, you might consider embedding the YouTube videos into the body of your blog post. It’s much easier than for people to go searching by title.
You can do that by grabbing the code for the video from the right hand side of the page on YouTube, then, when you’re editing the blog post, switch to html view, then paste the code in.
I hope that makes sense.
June 18th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Laurie –
I can’t get the vids to sit properly (see above) I piddled about with them for hours, therefore, I must be missing something. Nor can I seem to get the Google Friend connect to work. I’d like to be able to have “followers” like you do on your site. Ideas, when you have a moment, svp??
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