Growing Your Way to Freedom

People often ask me why I grow my own food. I simply reply that it gives me freedom. I can eat fresh, wholesome food straight from the garden, in the sound knowledge that it did not come from far away, or was raised using pesticides,herbicides or fossil fuels. I am providing food for my family’s needs. What could be more sustainable than that?

Here is a good example. The Dervaes family who live in Pasadena, CA in the USA that have achieved amazing things on the same sized suburban block that many Australians own. Theirs is a 809 square metre block and just about every single scrap of land is used to grow food. It is a very inspiring story.

And a longer video about the family and their Path to Freedom;

Did you notice they they didn’t have any rainwater tanks? Somehow I think that if any of us went to this extreme, we would have to have a 50,000 litre tank squirreled away somewhere!

Anyway, sorry about the mass of date changes for the next meeting. I will be so happy when we get a committee together and set regular meeting dates. Oh well, early days.

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"It doesn't cost the Earth to be green." The members of Melton Sustainable Living Group believe in changing the world by thinking globally, but by acting locally. The MSLG brings sustainable living to Melton Shire ensuring a cleaner, greener and more resilient community for all. The MSLG meets once a month, every 3 rd Saturday, to exchange ideas, harvests, produce, and discuss sustainable living projects. The group provides practical knowledge and experience via workshops, about how to lower personal emissions, energy efficiency, growing your own food garden, renewable energy, frugal living, soap making, preserving food, composting, worm-farming, rainwater harvesting and the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle). In addition to monthly meetings, documentary nights are held on the 1 st Wednesday of each month, to educate members and friends about current environmental issues facing our society. Membership is $20 per year. Newsletters are sent ...

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