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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Document the process of growing food (e.g. journal, photographs, drawings, writing, blog posts). |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Give thanks to everything that helped to grow the food. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Celebrate harvests with local traditions as well as exploring historical traditions from around the world. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Care for a plant as it grows and learn to interpret its needs (e.g. Is it happy? Does it need water? Why is a leaf yellow? What can make it happier?) |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Explore mythologies around harvests and growing food in different cultures. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Build a positive relationship with "weeds" by collecting and pressing/drying them to make a piece of art e.g. making a beautiful salad to share, decorating a greeting card, creating ID cards, or making an exhibition. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Learn that new plants can be made in lots of different ways - seeds, spores, suckering, taking cuttings etc. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Learn the use of local and heritage varieties of seeds and plants, and discuss the importance of this. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Discuss the benefits of gardening and growing your own food to find out that it gives healthier food and is better for the environment. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Find out about the history of the foods and plants that were traditionally cultivated in the local community. |