Food Water and Goods

Growing enough food for the whole community, including those in the towns and refugees. And distributing it. How long does it take to create a self-sustaining garden? To create great soil? Train the gardeners?

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Discussion Points:

• What is best for this climate, soil.

• Making fertilisers, tools, equipment, fertiliser, compost, worm farms,

• Fishing using sail, not diesel, meat as sheep, cattle, chooks (eggs)

• What do we do for money, tools,

• Seeds, their storage – Seed Bank

• Water, storage, irrigation, pumps (maintenance)

• water channels from high streams into tanks

• fixings, sealants, connectors, how store

• Bottling fruit, canning, keeping apples, winter storage

• Delivery and manage distribution of food and goods

• How cook without gas, how provide firewood without chainsaws

• Stockpile sugar and salt for distribution, and clothes, boots, raingear, blankets

• Replacing kitchen equipment, repair fridges, washing machines

• As heat approaches 50C how do we keep grow food, keep cool

• Solar powered air conditioning needs to be invented