Idea by
Dominic Walker and Timothy Rodber
https://www.greaterlondonagriculture.com/
Call for ideas 2021
Greater London Agriculture
Greater London Agriculture
- Systemic changes
Industrial agriculture and the livestock production have led towards habitat degradation and climate change. These have removed the firebreaks of diversity, making us increasingly at risk of emerging infectious diseases. GLA will grow a critical mass of agroecology by embedding a series of growing spaces around the city. This patchwork of productive landscapes will become connected by diverse corridors, with space for pollinators and foraging. Along the Thames, a diverse range of landscapes become part of this foodscape. We will return the food system to one which respects the natural world. With more local, resilient, seasonal food growing - both professional and casual - we can eat more delicious food, and the knock-on effects from storm management to healthcare will be profound. Almost incidentally, this new system will reduce our reliance on industrialised agriculture, allowing ecosystems to recover, biodiversity to flourish, and the threat of another pandemic to diminish.
Greater London Agriculture
Greater London Agriculture
- Systemic changes
Industrial agriculture and the livestock production have led towards habitat degradation and climate change. These have removed the firebreaks of diversity, making us increasingly at risk of emerging infectious diseases. GLA will grow a critical mass of agroecology by embedding a series of growing spaces around the city. This patchwork of productive landscapes will become connected by diverse corridors, with space for pollinators and foraging. Along the Thames, a diverse range of landscapes become part of this foodscape. We will return the food system to one which respects the natural world. With more local, resilient, seasonal food growing - both professional and casual - we can eat more delicious food, and the knock-on effects from storm management to healthcare will be profound. Almost incidentally, this new system will reduce our reliance on industrialised agriculture, allowing ecosystems to recover, biodiversity to flourish, and the threat of another pandemic to diminish.