This story has just come up on the CNN web site but it was originally in The Yorkshire Post earlier in the year.
The self-sufficiency drive is the brainchild of café owner Pam Warhurst, who enlisted the help of her friend Mary Clear to get the ball rolling. …
Pam, who has run the Bear Café in Todmorden for the past 20 years, switched on to the idea after listening to Professor Tim Lang, the man who coined the term “food miles”, speak at a national land conference.
“He said, ‘forget about growing plants, grow vegetables’ and it just struck me that with all the pressures we’re hearing about regarding food prices and the big changes likely in the future, the best legacy we could leave our children is to make sure people understand more about what they’re eating and where it comes from.
Hear an interview with Tim Lang here.
Are there anymore cities/towns/villages out there that are doing the same?
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