“Why London needs to grow more food” by London Assembly member Jenny Jones

I read somewhere that Los Angeles only has 2 days worth of food at any one time such is the scarcity of food production and reading this report from the London Assembly, it struck me that London is in a similar position: “London is almost entirely dependent on food from abroad, or from other UK regions. One possible solution is to maximise food production in cities to achieve a significant level of food self-sufficiency. Existing studies point to London and its green belt being capable of producing at least a quarter of its fruit and vegetable requirements, provided there is the will to introduce change.”
Read the full report here.


Transition West Bridford is looking at a variety of local growing projects who can produce fresh products (for example local salad leaves, herbs tomatoes, cucumbers etc). And to help you out at home, one of our customers has set up the Grow Your Own project where you can get all the equipment and seeds you need to start, its subsidized so it only costs you a fiver! For further reading, other interesting projects are Capital Growth (aiming to get 2012 new growing spaces by the Olympics) and Landshare (connecting those who have land with those that want to grow).