Bioregional consider this to be the challenge we face globally in relation to Sustainable Food:
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industrial agriculture produces food of uncertain quality and harms local ecosystems, while consumption of non-local food imposes high transport impacts
The Goals
Bioregional identify the following goals, set so we can all contribute to a common and ultimate goal:
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to make it easy and attractive for people to enjoy fresh, local, seasonal, healthy produce
to promote diets high in vegetable protein
to promote sustainable farming which supports biodiversity and builds soil
to promote humane farming
to reduce or eliminate food waste
The Green Centre
Our SUSTAINABLE FOOD actions
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Green Centre SUSTAINABLE FOOD actions
1. Local actions Our starting point was to identify some simple ideas to include in our work on a daily basis:
in 2006 we participated in the Grow Your Neighbours Own scheme by sharing the Green Centre garden with local gardeners.
we developed a long and fruitful collaboration with the Craven Vale Children's Allotment sharing resources, running workshops and team building days.
we explored square food gardening and companion planting and grew potatoes, onions, carrots, courgettes, squash, salad leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries (red and white), apples and a variety of herbs.
we grew Comfrey to make plant food and introduced three different kinds of composting; cold composting, hot composting and a wormery.
we installed a sophisticated rainwater harvesting system which included a 750 litre tank and additional smaller tanks.
we ran food growing workshops for the local community and founded the Mile of Potatoes, a city wide growing project.
2. National actions On a national level we have focused our efforts on food waste:
3. Global actions We are mindful of issues related to food security across the globe and focus our efforts on encouraging people to adopt a more sustainable plant based diet: