Community Prepping

[Vespa]

I doubt that the residents of Todmorden know that they are actually prepping and their motives lie else where but i can't help thinking that prepping is actually what they're doing anyway.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... L-veg.html

More like this would be good.

[Plymtom]

I Like it even if I couldn't see it happening here in my neighbourhood

[preppingsu]

Transition towns are popping up every where.

FeedBristol is a great organisation. I visited in October. They are achieving amazing things and recommending people to their food.

http://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/feedbristol

It is happening, we just don't tend to hear about it. Edible Todmorton is a leading light in this area. Just takes a few keen people willing to organise and it could happen anywhere.

[poppypiesdad]

Fantastic well depends on your situation , if you were the local shopkeeper/ grocer bet you would be a bit cheesed off in the lost sales of vegetables

j

[Plymtom]

Fantastic well depends on your situation , if you were the local shopkeeper/ grocer bet you would be a bit cheesed off in the lost sales of vegetables

j

Are there any left Tesco's assassinated most of them

[poppypiesdad]

And again not so funny if you are in that situation. That's what got my dads shop/newsagent they opened a safeway then a presto in the same area , takings plumeted And then it was no more that was 30 years ago ....... So nothing new , however I've just realised I'm old



J

[featherstick]

Fantastic well depends on your situation , if you were the local shopkeeper/ grocer bet you would be a bit cheesed off in the lost sales of vegetables

j

We have seen a wave of pound-a-bowl shops colonise our run-down high street. I really like them, they have good value fruit and veg and often interesting and fun other ingredients like African cooking peanut butter (super-super-fine). A local pub has been turned into a mini-supermarket with fresh veg, and the corner-shop/off-licence over the road now also has fresh veg outside. How long it will last remains to be seen however.

I don't think the incredible edible phenomenon would cut across any grocer's business. It's more likely to increase it by making veg more visible and desirable, and increasing the levels of knowledge and consumption across the board. And most grocers would earn more from fruit and veg that doesn't grow here.

I volunteer for Master Gardeners, helpding people to grow some of their own food. Every evaluation that is done shows that both volunteers and beneficiaries start eating more fruit and veg and - interestingly - start buying more food from local outlets and less from supermarkets. The knowledge of food and exposure to growing and thinking about it seems to encourage people to seek out more local sources.

[unsure]

todmorden has had its fare share of flash floods in recent years .i used to live over the hill from there and worked there for a while .most shops are on low laying ground in the town center . growing crops in different places just means not all their eggs are in one basket . so if the shops get washed out they still fresh veg . it also makes the younger generation think about were their food come from . the only thing i`m wondering about is ,are they using heirloom seeds .

[Decaff]

Fantastic idea, positive, healthy and everyone included.