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A Farm For the Future

Last updated over 3 years ago
11 questions
Note from the author:
Watch the video below. Please pay close attention and answer the following questions.
Watch the video below. Please pay close attention and answer the following questions.
Overview:
Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.
With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year’s high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is.
Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.
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Explain what Rebecca means when she says that her sandwich is “dripping with oil.”

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What is horsepower?

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Explain what Permaculture is.

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How does plowing affect the health of the soil?

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How does the natural farm benefit from the actions of wild birds and animals?

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What is a forest garden? How are forest gardens different and more productive than a traditional farm field?

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List two plants that perform essential jobs in the forest garden other than producing a food crop.

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How many people can be fed from a well-designed acre of forest garden? How does that compare to traditional farms?

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How would our diet have to change in order to embrace permaculture and forest gardening?

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How is “farming” different from “gardening”?

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