Money Trees
Food grows on trees. And food is necessary = valuable to us = money. Food production that is resilient, requires minimal care once established, and produces generously over generations is a staple of sustainable economies - but not of Canada's economy. How did we get here? How can we manage now better knowing this? What does Good look like and how might we help make that change happen here?
Three stories:
-how my neighbour the wild unmanaged bush made me question my savvy as a gardener,
-where money trees remain, and why they are survivors of pre-colonial times rather than pillars of our economy,
-why farming is a unprofitable industry in Canada
Their context, some tips for managing this mess today, and thoughts on how to push towards a more fruitful tomorrow.
Kicks off this season's Theme of Food & Money with why Heather believes not only that money grows on trees, but how that is key to getting us from Food and Money systems that are so hard to get right, to systems that are hard to get wrong. A good measure of the health of an economy is the health of its food system. Right now, Canada's is far from healthy! But solutions cascade if you start at their roots: what is at the root of this mess, why we are so easily blind to it, and what does Good look like?
