Backyard Food Production
Urban gardening to mitigate the “food crisis”?
Food prices are rising recently on the back of inflated oil prices as a result of our over reliance on a centralized industrial food production system. Many people wonder when the government will do something about it. But is the real solution perhaps right in our own backyards? Could this current price increase be the catalyst for a move towards a more decentralized and environmentally sustainable way of keeping everyones table full of healthy foods?
http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=112347@wcbs.dayport.com
Permaculture! See this video which shows how a couple used their tiny maisonette garden just outside London. The garden is very small but it is enormously productive.
Quoted from site below Benefits of Community Gardens:
* Improves the quality of life for people in the garden
* Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
* Stimulates Social Interaction
* Encourages Self-Reliance
* Beautifies Neighborhoods
* Produces Nutritious Food
* Reduces Family Food Budgets
* Conserves Resources
* Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education
* Reduces Crime
* Preserves Green Space
* Creates income opportunities and economic development
* Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots
* Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections
Take a look at my profile for a link to my Youtube account to watch more permaculture videos.
Backyard Food Production Trailer
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Food Production Systems for a Backyard or Small Farm $57.44 This video set is for those seeking self-reliance in growing food. The DVD was developed by a family that depends on these systems for a large part of their diet. Section 1: Overview Section 2: Water Sectio… |
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Bob and Richard $1.99 … |
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The Fresh Egg Cookbook: From Chicken to Kitchen, Recipes for Using Eggs from Farmers’ Markets, Local Farms, and Your Own Backyard $9.46 Increasingly available at farmers’ markets, local farms, gourmet shops, and backyard chicken coops, fresh eggs offer nutritional benefits and delicious flavor. In The Fresh Egg Cookbook, author and chicken keeper Jennifer Trainer Thompson serves up 101 creative recipes for enjoying and celebrating the versatility of eggs.From the perfect soft-boiled egg to French toast, omelets, eggs Florentine,… |
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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community $15.35 Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution–it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban gardener Heather Flores shares her nine-step permaculture design to help farmsteaders and city dwellers alike… |
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Aquaponic Food Product – Raising fish and plants for food and profit $29.95 Aquaponics can be used to sustainably raise fresh fish and vegetables for a family, to feed a vaillage or to generate profit in a commercial farming venture. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (soilless plan culture). In aquaponics, the nutrient-rich water from raising fish provides fertilizer for the plants and the plants help to purify the water the fi… |