Back to the land - part 4

Patrick Holden, Soil Association director, presents Week In | Week Out for BBC Wales examining the implications of a carbon constr Patrick Holden, Soil Association director, presents Week In | Week Out for BBC Wales examining the implications of a carbon constr Patrick Holden, Soil Association director, presents Week In | Week Out for BBC Wales examining the implications of a carbon constrained world on agriculture.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Soil
• Association
• organic
• agriculture
• patrick
• holden
• transition
• peak
• oil
• BBC
• Wales

[charkee1]

I once farmed a few acres and could not sell to the grocers. They feared and had been threatened by the vegatable wholesalers to be cut off during the winter if they bought locally. The food cartel is destroying agriculture, the family farm and is totally being ignored by agricultural publications and universities. Combine this with the economic meltdown and we will be facing serious food shortages.

[powerspade]

I found your videos very interesting , I know I `m only a little chap with a allotment but even I can produce food that will keep me for 10 months of the year and hopefully in the near future all the year around. Eating foods in season is the secret and growing vareities that produce all the year round. Saving beans and peas for drying etc. From my allotment I keep a record of how much money I save by growing my own fruit and vegetables last year I saved £2359.00

[BILLYTALENTRULES123]

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[aadailey]

You pretty much backed up my point... LOL.

[scrumptiousvittles]

We may at first riot in the streets because of our reduced ability to buy gas to drive our cars, but we will riot a HELL of a lot more because of our inability to buy enough food to eat. Being cranky about the loss of our cheap consumer luxuries is the least of our worries when it comes to peak oil.

[scrumptiousvittles]

How on earth can you say this has nothing to do with peak oil??? if you are an average person, then the vast majority of the food you eat would not get anywhere close to your tummy, or even EXIST without our oil-based economy and agricultural system. Oil is necessary to produce pesticides and fertilizer. It powers the sowing and harvesting machines. It IS the plastic in which much of it is packaged. It drives the food to your supermarket. FACT: when oil becomes expensive, food would will follow.

[deepgreenvideo]

Thankyou again,

[Tigerpoi51]

We can't buy your local crops .. because its cheaper to ship food ALLLLLL the way from China.

[DownDenial]

We won't "stop peak oil", but we must respond to it. This series is about the relationship of oil to our food - from fuel for tractors, to non-organic fertilizers and pesticides to the transportation of produce to markets. All of these things need to change. Re-localizing our food sources (supporting local farmers) is very much relevant to peak oil.

[aadailey]

Is he trying to say that, if we all buy local food we will stop peak oil?

In several instances Patrick Holden portrayed his opinion as fact. he completely glossed over important points, such as peoples reaction to high fuel prices, riots in the streets, and the total breakdown of governments and world economies.

This video was all about supporting local farmers, It had nothing to do with peak oil.

I'm not saying it was a bad video... just misleading.