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Little Toller Books Common Treasures Book One Land, Food and Farming.
What is the future of rural communities?
Common Treasures is a new collection of writing about practical responses to the challenges faced by rural communities, by practitioners working in the field, on the ground, on the farm.
Common Treasures gathers some of the best practice about climate adaptation, food production and land use, and presents them as alternatives to the prevailing political discourse. From essays considering the reintroduction of British wool and flax, more sustainable ways to produce meat and dairy, to the issues caused by second home ownership and setting up community land trusts, this book is a practical and inspirational blueprint from those who are engaged with the community every day.
Together the work, from groups as diverse as Ecological Land Cooperative, Evolving Forests, Falmouth Food Group, Tinkers’ Bubble, Straw Works, Wessex Community Assets, ReSet, Material Cultures, Local Works, Fordhall Community Land Initiative, Roots to Regeneration and Transition Towns, demonstrates the imagination and creativity of those working today to reimagine the land as a place which works for everyone.
Common Treasures is a new collection of writing about practical responses to the challenges faced by rural communities, by practitioners working in the field, on the ground, on the farm.
Common Treasures gathers some of the best practice about climate adaptation, food production and land use, and presents them as alternatives to the prevailing political discourse. From essays considering the reintroduction of British wool and flax, more sustainable ways to produce meat and dairy, to the issues caused by second home ownership and setting up community land trusts, this book is a practical and inspirational blueprint from those who are engaged with the community every day.
Together the work, from groups as diverse as Ecological Land Cooperative, Evolving Forests, Falmouth Food Group, Tinkers’ Bubble, Straw Works, Wessex Community Assets, ReSet, Material Cultures, Local Works, Fordhall Community Land Initiative, Roots to Regeneration and Transition Towns, demonstrates the imagination and creativity of those working today to reimagine the land as a place which works for everyone.
116 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2025
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