Jenny asks…
What is a good documentary on local sustainable food/economy?
Anyone know of a good film about a success story involving a community and their experience with local/sustainable food and/or revitalizing a community by focusing on the local economy (businesses, agriculture, etc.). Thanks in advance!
The Expert answers:
You should make your own film about local/sustainable food involve krogers. It focus on the local economy and demonstrates revitalizing a community.
Betty asks…
What is the sustainable food movement?
In detail what the movement is, and what does it do?
What does sustainable mean?
The Expert answers:
What it really means is buying food which is grown and produced locally and free of chemicals and preservatives. Buying food from local farmers and processors reduces the distance that food has to travel to get on your plate. Reducing transit distances reduces the amount of fossil fuels that are burned to get from point a to point b. It also encourges people to grow their own food such as fruit and vegetables. It is good in the way that it helps your locally economy, it helps to keep the small guy open and takes business from large scale suppliers (supermarkets). Also, you know where your food comes from. Does anyone really know what most foods we eat go through before you eat it?
Paul asks…
What did sustainable food production allow in early history?
The Expert answers:
Two important things:
Stockpiling of surpluses for later use, particularly in times of food shortages.
People could settle and live in one place and construct long term building structures and communities, rather than having to be constantly on the move and live as nomadic hunter-gatherers.
Ken asks…
What is sustainable food? I keep reading in the papers that we should eat sustainable food, but what is it?
The Expert answers:
Http://www.sustainablefood.com/ Here might be some answers for you
Daniel asks…
What plants do I need to plant to have a sustainable source of food in a climate with no winter?
So that I don’t have to buy food anymore.
And how many, which is most important. Let’s say, either in a backyard or inside the house.
The Expert answers:
Too broad a question for here. No winter? Are you tropical or Mediterranean? Many plants that grow in temperate will not tolerate tropical just as tropicals won’t tolerate temperate’s cooler temps. You’ll need a protein source……..what type of beans grow there? How about leafty greens, fruits and carb sources? I suspect it will take at least 2,000 square feet of garden and a fantastic rotation system……more likely 2-5 acres land to support one person……the larger amount if you are including some animal feed in this…..say rabbits.
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