Unit title: Occupant health and well being; Principles of Noise and Windpower Presentation title:How much organic food could be produced in UK gardens and what environmental benefits would that bring? Unit number: B3 Unit date: February 16 th 2010 Presentation date:March 22 nd 2010 Student name: Craig Embleton Student number: Seminar group: 1 (Melissa Taylor)
How much organic food could be produced in UK gardens and what environmental benefits would that bring?
The BEGINNING of THE GOOD LIFE? OR
Introduction Land available Growing methods Quantity of food produced Environmental benefits Conclusions Questions Contents
Problems: 1. 89% fruit & 43% veg imported 2. Responsible for: 2.5%UK’s CO 2 e 45.3%pesticide 3.0% / 11.5% / 13.6%NPK fertilisers 3. We throw ¼ away. Solution? Introduction Grow your own!
How much land (000,s ha) UK Gardens
Biointensive Garden
Forest Garden
Garden Design Biointensive beds Forest Garden Glasshouse Pond Fertility Patch
Percentage National Consumption
Savings in tonnes CO 2 e16,400,000 Pesticides13,878 Nitrogen30,706 Phosphorus24,794 Potassium44,295 Increased wildlife habitat Millions of trees planted Ecopsychological Environmental Benefits
Conclusion All our fruit and veg if we... share land. stop wasting food. eat in indigenous season food. Wildlife habitat Pollution . How much organic food could be produced in UK gardens and what environmental benefits would that bring?
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