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The next exciting event in our Future of our Food series...
About 200 people attended the Launch event at the Town Hall on Thursday 30 April (see videos below)and another 60 or so came to discuss with experts how much of our food could be grown in Brixton. We have more local food events coming up and are always adding links to more on our website (tinyurl.com/ttbfoodevents)...
Speakers from the Future of our Food Launch, Rosie Boycott and Claire Milne.
Our current food system invests 10 calories of fossil energy to get 1 calorie of food energy out. We import more than 40% of our food. As oil and gas supplies dwindle this will present problems. In the city we are reliant on supermarket distribution chains, but supermarkets only hold enough food to feed us all for three days, leaving us "nine meals away from anarchy" should our imports be interrupted.
But there are ways we can help to change our food system to make ourselves more self-reliant - even in London!
For more background read this article in the Sunday Times
The Future of Our Foodprogramme of events and workshops
aims to highlight the issues we face and initiate constructive, practical thinking and action on solutions for feeding Brixton into the future. Future topics will include:
Can Brixton Feed Itself Beyond Oil?
Urban Food Growing: The Experience so far. We will hear from projects from across London, and locally, who have set up successful food growing projects.
UK Farming System: Revolution of Bust. A glimpse into our farming future with Patrick Holden, head of the Soil Association.
PLUS
Showings of A Farm for the Future, The Power of Community and Permaculture shorts.
Wild food walks around an estate in Brixton and an second Introduction to Permaculture course in July
Workshops run by Food Up Front on growing in small spaces, and from WRAP on composting.
Chances to help out on the ABUNDANCE project and plant sales at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
Culminating in an Open Space day at which Brixton will generate and plan it's own local food revolution timeline!
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February 2009 Transition News
February 2009
Transition News
Dear Readers
Welcome to the first edition of Transition News, Transition Town Brixton (TTB)’s very own newsletter. The mission of this newsletter which we plan to publish regularly is to keep you well informed about all that’s going on in TTB and other organisations working for a great and sustainable future in Brixton and to set up a dialogue with you about what you’d like to see TTB doing in the future. We will be letting you know about opportunities to get involved. We will also provide information on some events that may be of interest to you in other parts of London.
