Rob Hopkins "Local Food" - Book Launch

Positive TV meetup with Rob Hoskins to discuss his new book about local food and shares his passion for growing more nut trees and why Garden sharing are one his favourite projects.

This new book co-authored by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins brings together a very wide variety of projects, ideas, resources and information covering every aspect of developing local food supplies. There are chapters on skills, home growing, community gardens and orchards, food co-ops, schools projects and many more.

Many of the projects described have started up recently and are small scale but there are examples of major, long running schemes like Stroud Community Agriculture which has been going since 2001, and now has four paid farmers, a paid administrator and nearly 200 members!

Enjoy.

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[transitionus]

Great video, thanks for doing this interview.

[YouandISkills]

Did you know that Plantations of modern nut varieties are much more productive than similar areas of arable crops.

Wheat commonly produces between 2-10 tons/acre on good soils. On much poorer soils chestnuts have an annual yield of 7-11 tons, pecans 9-11 tons, hazelnuts,[most suitable for northern temperate climate] 9-12 tons, and walnuts 10-15 tons. [carbohydrate yields]

from Richard Mabey, Fencing Paradise.