"Everything out of a park space is a teachable moment, whether it be trees, trails, bees or vegetables. That's what's most important to me — that we're raising awareness about sustainability and agriculture"
#ClimateAction
#localfood #learning #nature https://www.mashed.com/353010/the-reason-free-food-forests-are-popping-up-around-the-us/
#ClimateAction

Great to see food forests popping up all over the place - another example:
“Food forests, and similar projects, help us all to live more sustainably. I’m looking forward to seeing local kids eating fruit they’ve helped grow”
#Auckland #Permaculture https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2021/03/locals-grow-a-food-forest-in-puketapapa/
“Food forests, and similar projects, help us all to live more sustainably. I’m looking forward to seeing local kids eating fruit they’ve helped grow”
#Auckland #Permaculture https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2021/03/locals-grow-a-food-forest-in-puketapapa/
Local food efforts can yield many benefits-
Project in VA to 'create a barrier-free, fully inclusive vegetable garden... brought together neighborhoods & communities to address food insecurity through education & empowerment'
#foodsecurity #ClimateAction
https://bit.ly/2NrymP9
Project in VA to 'create a barrier-free, fully inclusive vegetable garden... brought together neighborhoods & communities to address food insecurity through education & empowerment'
#foodsecurity #ClimateAction

Backyard farmers project-
Created to build local food security & sustainability
'By connecting aspiring farmers... with people happy to share their backyards, the group hopes to foster a win-win relationship that could be replicated across the country' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-21/gardening-as-a-reprieve-from-the-coronavirus-pandemic/13050976
Created to build local food security & sustainability
'By connecting aspiring farmers... with people happy to share their backyards, the group hopes to foster a win-win relationship that could be replicated across the country' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-21/gardening-as-a-reprieve-from-the-coronavirus-pandemic/13050976
Amazing-
"36,000 farmers enrolled in Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program will have an average of 4,000 trees per acre when their Forest Gardens are established"
#ClimateAction
#Africa #farming #farmers #agroforestry https://www.modernghana.com/news/1070521/agroforestry-will-bring-50-million-trees-to-afric.html
"36,000 farmers enrolled in Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program will have an average of 4,000 trees per acre when their Forest Gardens are established"
#ClimateAction

“We just can't continue to look at a 3,000-mile supply chain & be comfortable with that."
"Food is the most intimate relationship we have on a daily basis. That's why it's important, and we need to care about it. For us and for our kids.”
#food #farming https://www.wcnc.com/mobile/article/features/charlotte-nonprofit-urban-farmland-community-outreach/275-d59cd452-c01b-4397-8f44-299a39479c7a
"Food is the most intimate relationship we have on a daily basis. That's why it's important, and we need to care about it. For us and for our kids.”
#food #farming https://www.wcnc.com/mobile/article/features/charlotte-nonprofit-urban-farmland-community-outreach/275-d59cd452-c01b-4397-8f44-299a39479c7a
‘We need more communities growing their own food to combat climate change’
'Incredible Edible' has 144 groups in the network growing food for free in public spaces, and the campaign has also spread to schools.
#ClimateAction
#food https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/incredible-edible-grow-food-community-public-land-climate-change-944462
'Incredible Edible' has 144 groups in the network growing food for free in public spaces, and the campaign has also spread to schools.
#ClimateAction

#NewZealand-
“We do gardening here, but it’s all about giving back to this place”
“The way the world is going at this time we need to equip [our kids] with the skills so they’re not only living and surviving but also thriving.”
#foodforest #Permaculture https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300281652/kaitiakitanga--food-forests-we-cant-just-take-annual-harvests
“We do gardening here, but it’s all about giving back to this place”
“The way the world is going at this time we need to equip [our kids] with the skills so they’re not only living and surviving but also thriving.”
#foodforest #Permaculture https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300281652/kaitiakitanga--food-forests-we-cant-just-take-annual-harvests
Fascinating & incredible-
'The forest gardens were filled with plants that benefited humans, but they also continue to provide food for birds, bears, and insect pollinators, even after 150 years of neglect'
#PNW #FirstNations #nature #WorldEarthDay https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pacific-northwest-s-forest-gardens-were-deliberately-planted-indigenous-people
'The forest gardens were filled with plants that benefited humans, but they also continue to provide food for birds, bears, and insect pollinators, even after 150 years of neglect'
#PNW #FirstNations #nature #WorldEarthDay https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pacific-northwest-s-forest-gardens-were-deliberately-planted-indigenous-people
#Peru-
Canals along 'mountain slopes reroute runoff to patches of permeable soil or rock where the water seeps in, filters through & replenishes aquifers before emerging in springs downslope... in drier times.
The practice is known as "sowing" water' https://phys.org/news/2021-04-peru-pre-columbian-canals-drought.html
Canals along 'mountain slopes reroute runoff to patches of permeable soil or rock where the water seeps in, filters through & replenishes aquifers before emerging in springs downslope... in drier times.
The practice is known as "sowing" water' https://phys.org/news/2021-04-peru-pre-columbian-canals-drought.html