food forests

I would argue that growing your own food and NOT cooking it is even more revolutionary.

Rice, maize

from Factors of Soil Formation by Hans Jenny:

Ditch the grass. Live vegan and grow your own veganic permaculture food forest using syntropic agriculture methods.

I just thought that this was interesting. I’m not so hyped about it like the author of the article.

Friendly reminder to anyone reading that forests can deliver all of these benefits and food at the same time.

Friendly reminder to anyone reading that forests can deliver all of these benefits and food at the same time.

Shortages could lead to dramatic changes in how water is distributed in the future. More than 70% of water is used by agriculture – which includes thirsty crops like alfalfa and hay that are used to feed cattle and the bulk of the winter lettuce and leafy greens grown in the US.

Here it is. Animal agriculture is the single biggest consumer of water, using much more than even controversially water-intensive activities like hydraulic fracturing… but the author of this article deemed it important to mention lettuce?

I’d be curious to know your strategy (if you have one) for moving toward food self-sufficiency. It seems as though your current situation is not serving you, and I wish you success in finding something that does.

I found this to be an intriguing summary: https://wiki.slrpnk.net/articles:whatissolarpunk

But what is driving all of that soy production in the first place?

It’s got electrolytes…

Thank you for posting this. When I read the article, I also rejected the idea that the burning was necessary, but it was a small enough part of the article that I didn’t bother to point out the falsehood. The rainforest does not need to burn in order to be productive. I encourage people to read up on veganic permaculture food forests and syntropic agriculture methods. None of these subsistence farmers would ever go hungry (in the absence of “natural” disasters) if they, as communities, implemented these systems of food production.

I choose to interpret the bottom centre image as a human arriving to free a chicken from a cage, but I cannot know if that was the intention of whoever originally put together this collage or whoever took the photo or whoever was being photographed.

Lemongrass, sugar cane, grass in general… “It won’t get out of control. It doesn’t even produce seeds in this climate.” And then of course it does.

The bird is easily identified by the striking white “trousers” of feathers around its legs, which contrast sharply with its deep, metallic black chest and bronze-green wings. Despite its beauty, its survival is at risk as high-altitude forests are cleared for grazing and agriculture.

Shirley Farinango, of the Birds and Conservation Foundation, notes that the pressure is most intense because the puffleg occupies a narrow ecological niche between 3,000 and 3,500 meters (9,800 and 11,400 feet) above sea level. This specific elevation, she said, is “prime territory” to be converted to agricultural land.

read: cows

I guess only the people at the London Times know.

I can’t really disagree with you. It is possible, especially with community support. Rather than saying that not everyone can grow all of their own food, I should say that for the disabled poor living in urban environments in very cold or dry areas of the world, growing 100% of their own food would be much more difficult and/or require more innovative methods. Thank you for not backing down on this. We should never give up. Do you grow all of your own food now, or are you still in the process?

“ It’s difficult to accept, and not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, but if we can,” I totally disagree, seeds from food, even cheapest, can be grown to plants for food. Do not even need adults to learn & do this, super easily, the children can do it.

When I say that not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, I mean that some people may be trapped by poverty or disability in an urban environment in an inhospitable (desert/tundra) climate where they have limited space for growing food and the growing season is too short to have year-round production. For non-impoverished able-bodied people, yes, growing and foraging all of one’s own food is perfectly feasible.

I was not focused on bring-up awesome alternatives like this, more awareness, too as many people as possible. I did not think there were so many people that already knew this, like it seems you do. I hope everyone gets how bad this is for efforts to save our Living Earth & All Living Beings on it! Thank you!

I’m glad that you appreciate what I wrote and what those projects are doing. :)

Of course growing your own food or knowing the grower is the only way to ensure that something is vegan. Corporate- and carnist-controlled agricultural operations often use animals as fertiliser and eradicate wild animals not just on the farm itself but in the surrounding area as well as a pre-emptive measure. Everyone has a right to protect their food supply, but what you’re describing here seems like the active pre-emptive killing rather than a response to the non-humans’ actions.

It’s difficult to accept, and not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, but if we can, then of course growing our own food forests using veganic methods is the most peaceful and practical option. Amazon Restore and Pacha Libre are promoting this, and there are probably other committed ethical vegan food forest projects in the world of which I’m not aware. Community and local food production in harmony with the forest and native animals… I imagine that such is the solarpunk way.

And let’s not forget the massive amount of deforestation for growing the feed crops that they use. It’s an ecological catastrophe at every level.