Food Systems - Where does my avocado come from?
Food is life-sustaining, and it is political. Europe is in an increasingly polarised situation in which hunger, ecosystem degradation, climate change, etc are either ignored or taken up as the main agenda by both grass-roots and governmental organisations. However, climate does not know boundaries, so neither should the solutions proclaimed to solve the global changes already upon us.
On 6 Feb, Cândida and Sarah led a territorial to continental exploration, from the reality on the ground to the governance and activism among the European environmental offices. If we really knew the water, energy and ecosystem footprint of one single intensively-farmed avocado, would we so readily give in to propaganda of its irreplaceable nutritional value or incomparable flavour...?
From a conceptual and practical perspective, is the Permaculture design method being applied to beyond the farm fences? If not, how could territorial efforts be supported by the techniques and networks Permaculture has worked on for several decades?