9 March 2009

Hello all, this is my first Blog. I am writing in Australia, South East Queensland, to be more precise. The main topics of this Blog will be Environmental in nature, and could range from food forests, to conservation, to political action. At the moment I am very passionate about free food. I believe that the 'Supermarkets' having a monopoly on our food supply is very wrong, and that food should be grown in any available unused space; parks, road and train verges, and on council/government owned properties. School kids on their way through the front gate, hungry as they rushed that morning to get ready so skipped breakfast, and there at the school entrance , a mango tree dripping with fresh ripe fruit for them to eat. You get the picture. Unfortunately, food trees on public land are fairly rare, as council feel there is too much maintenance and liability involved.
I have, however, driven down one of these rare streets, that is actually lined with Mango trees, and in their season have seen many foragers helping them selves, and therefore preventing a mess building up under the tree( maintenance), and have not heard( and hope not to) of anyone suing or complaining.
So if council is not prepared to do anything, I think that we should be able to. This year, one of my goals is to plant as many edible trees/plants as I can, both exotic and native. I have heard many other people say that fruit trees should be in parks, etc, so if you think one should be there, plant one!
Well, that is all for today.