http://treevolution.co.za/2009/10/public-space-public-fruit/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://treevolution.co.za/2009/10/public-space-public-fruit/#comment-183 Alastair Otter Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:05:14 +0000 http://www.treevolution.co.za/?p=3207#comment-183 Kerry, That's a good point. I'm also not sure how the pylons would affect whatever is growing there (if at all) but it does seem worth looking at. How to rally people? I wish I knew. Driving back from the Magaliesburg over the weekend we passed through a couple of shanty towns. Not a food plant in sight in any of them, despite being right in the middle of intensive fruit-farming country. Presumably they all buy fruit and veg from the rich farmers around them. It seems so sad that people don't see the potential for using the space around them. And, understanding that a great deal of this is public space. I'd love to hear from someone with experience of community gardens on what does and does work. Kerry, That’s a good point. I’m also not sure how the pylons would affect whatever is growing there (if at all) but it does seem worth looking at. How to rally people? I wish I knew. Driving back from the Magaliesburg over the weekend we passed through a couple of shanty towns. Not a food plant in sight in any of them, despite being right in the middle of intensive fruit-farming country. Presumably they all buy fruit and veg from the rich farmers around them. It seems so sad that people don’t see the potential for using the space around them. And, understanding that a great deal of this is public space. I’d love to hear from someone with experience of community gardens on what does and does work.

]]> http://treevolution.co.za/2009/10/public-space-public-fruit/#comment-182 Kerry Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:38:34 +0000 http://www.treevolution.co.za/?p=3207#comment-182 We were driving around suburbia the other day, and @Brettski commented that all the big open spaces under power pylons should be planted with veg for the community - either for those living there, or to set up as small businesses for unemployed people. Not sure if radiation implications of the pylons, but it's tragic to see such a waste of space that could be put to really good use. Question: how to rally communities here to do this sort of thing. We were driving around suburbia the other day, and @Brettski commented that all the big open spaces under power pylons should be planted with veg for the community – either for those living there, or to set up as small businesses for unemployed people. Not sure if radiation implications of the pylons, but it’s tragic to see such a waste of space that could be put to really good use. Question: how to rally communities here to do this sort of thing.

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