Thanks for that article, Simon. We put up (freeze) about 120 pounds of local fruit a year in our "winter stash". It allows the 2 of us to have fruit through around April. Next year we hope to add drying to our preservation method.
If anyone would like more information, feel free to email and I can tell you how we do it and were we go. --- "Simon St.Laurent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TCLocal is a group of citizens developing strategies > for dealing with > energy descent in Tompkins County. To that end, > we're publishing one > article per month on a specific subject, examining > that topic in the > light of higher energy prices. You can find them > at: > > http://www.tclocal.org/ > > Our first article examines producing fruits in > Tompkins County after the > peak. These perishable but delicious and nutritious > foods are a > critical component of local diets, and higher costs > for transportation > and petroleum-based fertilizers will mean that we > need to look closely > at ways of providing them locally. > > The article explores the challenges of expanding > fruit production, on > both large and small scales, and shows how different > fruits can fill out > a seasonal calendar that covers the whole year. > Action items recommend > options for both individuals and governments. > > Future articles will cover roads, water treatment, > urban land use, > household preparation, and health, with around one > article per month. > > The new TCLocal site is specifically designed to get > your feedback on > these plans as they are developed. These articles > are a starting point > for a conversation we hope will include a wide > variety of readers coming > at these issues from different perspectives. We > welcome comments, and > hope to find more good ideas through public > discussion. > > Thanks, > Simon St.Laurent > Chair, TCLocal > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information > for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
