BBC Food Programme

[caveman]

A very interesting 30mins of radio.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019rd9c

I hope this link gets you to the The Food Programme on BBC radio 4. I heard it today (Sunday). The episode is called Generation Food and is an examination of some new ideas on how to grow and manage food supplies.

[campbeji]

Hi Caveman,

Thanks for sharing that, it was really interesting, a great way to pass 28mins as I'm doing my year end accounts.

Isn't it weird how when you start thinking and talking about something it seems that everyone is talking about it or doing it or knows someone who is an expert.

The show covered quite a few things, some that sounded a bit out there like the www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/ to the more teccy like www.sustaination.co.uk/

I sometimes wonder about how successful schemes like these will be, I sometimes think that the organisers get a bit carried away with their own hype and expect a mass market penetration when they have missed some of the basics. They need to give the public a simple soloution to a problem at a reasonable price. Some of the schemes will survive well with just the support of a minority of 'interested' people like ourselves, while others will need that wider support from people who don't really care that much.

What do you think.

Jim

[caveman]

I have a lot of time for these sort of projects. I would agree with you that many (most) will not be around for long, and none of them are going to save the planet. However they cause two really important things to happen. First, they renew community. They get people talking to each other and doing things together. Secondly, they teach something really useful to everyone who comes in contact with their activities. Both of these outcomes make the effort worthwhile.