Just added 2 family farm snapshots that show growing food as examples of part of WED 2015 theme “consume with care” onto the snapshots webpage :
from Samoa- “Growing food as a family for our family” as Sa’anuapuSamoa.pdf
and Kenya – “Married to my food forest.” as Foodforest-Kenya.pdf
and some curriculum links in the WED 4teachers page.
Of course they can be used at any time. Great stories to inspire you!
Growing food as a family for my family in Sa’anapu Uta on Upolu in Samoa has been added to the Family Farm Snapshots – contributing also to the IY Soils and this year’s World Environment Day, Consume with Care theme.
Family farm snapshots will continue into 2015, aiming to double in size and have snapshots from many more countries. Soils were already a part of Snapshots under descriptions of the environment and caring for the earth. So this project/ educational resource has a natural progression from the 2014 IY Family Farming to contribute to raising awareness of the importance of soils for this 2015 IY Soils.
Can you help provide your family farming experience or someone else’s? If you can, please leave me a quick note about your family farm as a comment . This is a volunteer project so spammers are NOT appreciated for wasting my time, so don’t waste yours spamming me about holidays, games, real estate etc. Thankyou.
29th snapshot and last for 2014, published at the snapshots page
http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/family-farm-snapshots/
Permaculture in the mountains. Restoring lost farmlands. Habitat for native plants and creatures. Lots of research.
http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alpinopermaculture-KouteArvillard-FrvEng.pdf
et en francais
http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Koute-Tyon-Arvillard-Fr.pdf
new snapshot is a farmlet on semi-rural land, former grazing land,
Establishing a small food garden with fruit, vegetables and ISA Brown Hens.
see snapshot page for 1.5 Mb pdf settlingfarmlet-HighfieldsQld
latest snapshot at http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/family-farm-snapshots/
with examples from other regions to compare it with
see http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FoodfeedAurora-Yukon1.pdf
published 9 Dec 2014
Blessed by rain and warmth, family farming in Samoa is a way of life. This snapshot comes from a certified organic family farm producing many foods, especially island staples.
J’ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter la première ‘snapshot’ en français pour l’AIAF.
Il s’agit une bonne ferme familiale dans la jolie Savoie en France. Là, on restore la terre, les plantes et quelques animaux, and utilise les practiques de l’alpino-permaculture pour produire la nourriture de leur jardin.
Pour lire ce snapshot et voir beaucoup de jolies photos, cliquez sur ce lien pour un pdf de 1.9MB http://familyfarms.enviroed4all.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Koute-Tyon-Arvillard-Fr.pdf
Three snapshots have been added on urban family farms (backyard/kitchen gardens) this month to this IY family farming collection .
Size doesn’t matter, it’s the attitude to growing some of your own food. Enjoy:
the aroma of mint-tubs-horsham ,
the diversity of over 30 different fruits, vegetables and herbs grown in a large backyard garden last season in treedhouse-GlenWaverley ,
and the motivation of 3hens&foodplants-Dimboola raising 3 hens for eggs along with growing vegetables and herbs in tubs, and fruit trees.
I’m looking for more first hand experiences of urban family farmers, regardless of size, and to show ethnic influences in food gardens and a variety of farming/gardening methods and from as many different places as possible.
If you can contribute, please use the guidelines pdf on the JOIN US page of this website and send information as soon as possible – this is a 2014 IYFF project.