Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Can the UK feed itself on ecological agriculture?

No-one really knows. That's why the Ecological Land Cooperative is commissioning research to find out, so that campaigners can have crisp, rigorously produced facts to hand when they go for it.

They're crowd fundraising for it and I've just chipped in. You could too! Go on. What else have you done this week to help transform our little island? I haven't done much, this particular week :) You've probably done much more. Chip in nevertheless! As little as £10 would really help I'm told:

https://prod.buzzbnk.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?projectId=19

The ELC's MD, Zoe Wangler (a gem of a lady), writes:

Our first piece of research Small is Successful: Creating Sustainable Livelihoods on Ten Acres or Less was done on just £1,300 and yet was selected for the Research Council UK’s report Big Ideas for the Future: UK research that will have a profound effect on our future. Our report was endorsed by organisations representing thousands of members such as the Soil Association and Sustain.  I know that with £5,600 we will produce something of even better quality and relevance.



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  2. I found a great article a while back exploring this very idea with a lot of fascinating back-of-the-envelope calculations which I summed up here: http://digthisdigthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/can-britain-feed-itself.html

    The article itself is here: http://transitionculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/CanBritain.pdf

    Research is a step above, of course, but a quick sketch by an informed person is a great way to orient at the offset.

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