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Public Food Why you should plant more food
bearing trees in public spaceBy Fredd Marshall
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Public Food
Outline:Outline:
Why plant food in public?Why plant food in public?
Why the council?Why the council?
Some suggestions.Some suggestions.
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1 - Why plant food in public?
I. Common SenseII. Other places already do it.
III. Lifestyle, Health and
Wellbeing
IV. Sustainability
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Common Sense We all need to eat . And not all of us have a back
yard.
People want it ± People want to have more food
growing locally. (Otherwise there would have
been no signatures.)
Food security ± we live on a fault line. With
recent events, (eg. Haiti, Chile), having a supply
of food growing locally would be a wise idea in
case of emergency.
There is plenty of room ± Verges, unused grassy
areas, edges of parks and playgrounds, fences
for espaliered fruit trees and vines etc.
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II.II. Other Places Are Already Doing It Other Places Are Already Doing It
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Other Places Are Already Doing It
Nelson City Council plants fruit and nut trees in public
space for public consumption. They¶ve been doing this
for years and continue to do so. So«Why not here? (http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/home-and-garden/768723/Good-eating-from-the-streets)
http://www.healthyas.org.nz/fresh-foods/open-orchards/
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Other Places Are Already Doing It Chicago, Illinois, USA put in a free public orchard in Kilbourn
Park along with a teaching greenhouse and garden.
Havana, Cuba produces 90% of the food requirements of the
city*, within the city. Through community gardens and public
orchards. (That¶s 2.1 million people.)
*According to the BBC
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III.III. Lifestyle, Health and WellbeingLifestyle, Health and Wellbeing
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Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing
Free access to fresh,locally grown food helps
people eat healthier.
Public food helps people
understand and appreciate where food
comes from.
It becomes the focus for
community activities.Harvests, picnics etc. It would help to reduce food costs
to families.
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IV.IV. Sustainability Sustainability
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Sustainability Locally produced food is practically carbon
neutral.
Public food can be an educational resource to teach new generations
about sustainable living.
It would help to preserve native, localized and heirloom species for your grandchildren toenjoy.
It would help promote cottage industry ± Foraged food turned into jams, preserves etc.
± Waste fruit turned into ethanol, compost or animal feed.
Trish Burton, Nelson, showing off
her foraged food and products
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Some ideas«
1. Mandarin and feijoa trees around playgrounds and inschools
2. Lemon and lime trees on the street.
3. Council led community involvement. - Eg. Arbor day fruit tree plantings.
4. Allocating an amount of funds per year to planting
edible trees.
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