If we are to reach what I believe is a desirable, and even more important, an essential goal, that is building the sustainable society, then we will need to closely examine how we currently pay for the items we need. We must design new relationships. Relationships which renew the earth as well as providing the food and fibre we require. We can begin with our relationship with food, where it comes from, how we grow it, how we store it. Over the next few weeks I will examine food crops you won't find in your local supermarket.
We will explore both the nutritional and economic potential of a range of cash crops that have, for the most part, been ignored by the industrial agricultural factory. In addition, we will visit the ancient world and disucss the possibilities of crops which are thousands of years old and the civilizations that grew them. Our modern society may have lost much in its race towards progress. Now is a good time as any to stop and rethink how we do business and in the case of this space how do conduct the food business. What we plant, how we plant it, where we plant and why we plant.
Food can be good business. It is possible to build a healthy community around food security. Over the next few weeks we will take an in depth look at how this is possible, on an individual, neighbourhood and community level. I've often said that it all begins with food and that even in the city people can create secure food systems and economically viable enterprises. Stop thinking supermarket and start thinking backyard. So stop by next week as we begin our journey into the past in order to create a sustainable future.
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