Dedications. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Rosie Boycott. Introduction by Rob Hopkins. The local food movement. The Great Reskilling. Home garden growing in the community. Allotment provision and gardening for community groups. Garden shares. Community gardens. Community orchards. Community Supported Agriculture. Farmers' markets. Food cooperatives. Local food guides and directories. School projects on local food. Local food events. Expanding local food projects. Yet more inspired ideas. The local food project and beyond. References. Resources. Index.
"Tamzin Pinkerton has an academic background in Social Anthropology and Human Rights. Tamzin has been involved in various Transition Town Totnes projects, including coordinating the schools project Transition Tales, working with a local secondary school, and helping organise Transition Town Totnes. She now lives in Weybridge, Surrey with her daughter.Rob Hopkins, the co-founder of the Transition Network and founder of Transition Town Totnes, has been a teacher of permaculture and natural building for many years. He now lives in Totnes in Devon, the first Transition Town in the UK, from where he coordinates the Transition Network. He publishes www.transitiontowns.org, a popular website which promotes the Transition concept.
"If you are a budding community project organiser, or just an intrigued readers, their personal stories and photographs from established initiatives, as well as engaging text on climate change, peak oil, supermarkets and growing your own food should entice you to get your nose deep in this book. I have!" Green Prophet
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