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[silvirub]

What did you have for breakfast? #reclaimedcanvas #repurposedart #ephemera #blackandwhite #incredibleedible

[sharonhiley]

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[pangalacticpantheist]

#incredibleedible #💚. Had a nice day at #philipspark at the IE North West network event. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3howBth7tE/?igshid=10s0j0bgt3rze

[kimahoward]

😤 Why do people think it’s OK to assault trees in our community orchard? 😡 #incredibleedible (at War Memorial Park)

[visionarylifehakz-blog]

Peoples market in local transition town lampeter. Here’s some word play related to my experience 9/11 Afghan Seed Banks Destroyed Baghdad Seed banks destroyed Monsanto GMO Wood chip gardening Food forests not lawns Resourceful Bone Broths Heal Wild fermentation Economic Activism Zero Addition Mothers of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Arts 🎭 & Crafts Let Food be thy medicine Nourishing Traditions Reclaim the Streets Reclaim office spaces. Co ops Food Co op Non profit Coffee roaster Good by middle man Co impact sourcing Magna Carta Inspired vs Entitled Feed the poor and impoverished Help the health educators Seed banks Don’t panic it’s organic This is #visionarylifehakz #transitiontown #nourishingtraditions #westonaprice #resourceful #artsandcrafts #seedbanks #letfoodbethymedicine #permaculture #incredibleedible

[ciudadt7-1718-blog]

TwinPhenomena. ArenasBasabePalacios 

[kibbutzlotan]

#GreenApprenticeship #permaculture notes: can you name the @TED@TEDx video? #incredibleedible

[alifeofplants]

Incredible Edible

If you are interested in Guerrilla gardening you will love

this!

I was searching through Ted Talks the other day and came across one that really interested me. Most talks I have come across on that site tend to be from other places in the world but this one was about a woman who started a movement in the UK.

Pam Warhurst started a company called Incredible Edible. She got together with Mary Clear and other like-minded people in the hope to create something which would bring people together. They came to the conclusion that food was the answer as it involves everyone from all ages and all backgrounds. Their moto is ‘If you eat, you are in’.

They first started growing vegetables and herbs in Todmordon on small community spaces such as doctor’s surgeries and anywhere they could get their hands on. This was just an experiment to see what they could do to bring people together and before they knew it they were supporting businesses, backing campaigns and much more. Their increasing popularity and enquires from others wanting to set up the same idea in their town, they decided to set up the Incredible Edible Network. They now have more than 100 groups, not only in the UK, but worldwide.

  This movement is great in many ways.

It brings a sense of calm and achievement. Working with one’s hands these days is very uncommon and it has almost a meditative effect on the mind. David Cameron once compared gardening to litter picking! I think we need to get away from talking down gardening as it is actually good for us. We can see what you have done when you’ve finished. Standing back and saying to yourself “Ah that looks better now, I did that,” that’s a good thing, not a bad thing!

This brings people together to feel like they are part of something. Many people used to go to church or be part of a club or society but with the rise of technology many people now just hibernate away in their houses and watch TV or fiddle around on their tablet etc. This is disconnecting people and increasing depression. It IS good for you to get out and see people and not type to each other but actually have a real conversation!

It shows children what they’re food looks like in the ground, how it grows and that they CAN grow it too! In fact many groups that are part of the Incredible Edible network are schools and I think this is really encouraging.

It brings people back to nature. People are building bigger extensions on their houses and concreting their gardens with this 24 hour working society. People aren’t getting out anymore and this helping people to ‘wake up’ and see the outside world. It’s also really nice to see vegetables, fruits and herbs growing around town and to be able to stop and marvel at the beauty of it.

Many edible plant foods available in the supermarket are produced using pesticides and other nasty chemicals but with this one knows where their food has come from and how it has been produced. Supermarket produce of this kind is grown on mass and is often messed with so it has higher yards of crop. They aren’t as good nutritional as they were 50 years ago due to modern farming methods. Since the early 1900s, the nutrient density of our food has declined approximately 40-60% (http://blog.healthychoicenaturals.com/our-food-is-half-as-nutritious-as-it-was-100-years-ago/). So in short, growing veg locally in the community is better for the environment, pollinating insects and for us humans.

It gives people something to do where they are active. They don’t have to take time out of their day to go to a room full of sweaty people, exercise machines and tvs, of which they have to pay for! This is free, not even allotments are free. I personally find gyms pretty boring and much prefer to be outside. The colour green is scientifically proven to make us feel happy so let’s get outside and do some gardening instead of looking at bare manmade walls painted with the colour of magnolia.

Space is becoming an issue for many people these days with our increasing population and demand for housing. Public outdoor space that is usable for people to grow edible plants is really important. Many people don’t have gardens in the city or they can’t afford a property with a garden as house prices are so high which means this movement is bridging that gap.

 In fact this is a revolution!

(Here’s the link to their website http://incredibleediblenetwork.org.uk/).