Community Garden proposal to the City of Geraldton Greenough by Rod Davies

1. Geraldton’s Food Forests
Can you find them

5. ABROLHOS ISLANDS

6. Armed with their trusty weapons .....
............The Hunter Gatherer’s attack the
FOOD FOREST

7. Take your hat off FOR the
ITALIAN and VIETNAMESE
TOMATO GROWERS

8. AND THE VIETNAMESE CUCUMBER GROWERS

9. HOW LOCAL IS THIS FOOD
PERTH
MARKETS

10. OK – WE DO HAVE ROAD SIDE FOOD STALLS

11. When these shelves are empty
THERE WILL BE NO MORE
IT HAPPENED IN CUBA AND IN ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR 11

13. COMPOSTING IS BLOODY HARD WORK
IT’S AN ART AS MUCH AS A SCIENCE

14. CAN BE MECHANISED – AT A COST

15. AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE

16. SOURCE SEPARATION BIO BAGS ANAEROBIC COMPOSTING
* ORGANICS INOCULATED WITH EM

17. amazon –sustainable forever
Grow Crops for 2 years

18. Replicate the Amazon’s Recycling

19. Compost Worms – Born Recyclers
A ton of worms can recycle a ton of food waste in 2-3 days
A kilo of red wrigglers sell for $100
The nutrient value of castings is undeniable

20. Black Soldier Fly – The Recycling Queen
BSF LARVAE WILL CONSUME ANY
PUTRESENT WASTE YOU THROW AT IT
PROTEIN FOR CHOOKS – FISH -PIGS

21. AQUAPONICS – AQUACULTURE + HYDROPONICS

22. AUTOPOT AQUAPONICS
A SIMPLE – ELEGANT SOLUTION

23. THE FOUR C’S FOR COMMUNITY GARDENS - FARMS
1. CULTIVATE
2. COLLECT
3. COOK
4. CONSUME

24. WHERE TO FROM HERE
Somewhere
Nowhere
Who Cares

25. “In a 1000 mile walk
– the first step is the longest”.

26. What are the steps ?
Who will pay for the boots?
Let’s play MYTHBUSTERS

27. SOURCE SEPARATION
BIO BAGS
ANAEROBIC COMPOSTING
* ORGANICS INOCULATED WITH EM
IS THIS A MYTH? CHEAP TO TRY WE HAVE A PRODUCT WE CAN SELL
STEP ONE
No need for Community input –initially

28. STEP TWO –ALREADY UNDERWAY
WORM FARMING IS A BUSINESS
We have product we can sell
* Red wrigglers -$100 per kilo
* Vermicompost – Name your price
* Worm Wee $5 for 2 litres
Compost from STEP ONE can feed the worms
COMMERCIAL SCALE – APPROPRIATE WORKABLE SYSTEMS???

29. Black Soldier Fly – The Recycling Queen
STEP THREE
I HAVE 15 COMMERCIAL SIZE BIOPODS ($6000)
– AND CAN’T FIND A SOLDIER FLY ANYWHERE IN GERO
CHALLENGE – ESTABLISH LOCAL COLONY – MAY HAVE TO SOURCE LARVAE / EGGS
MORE MYTHS TO BE BUSTED
“LARVAE AS GOOD AS THE BEST MENHALEN FISH FOOD @ $1200 PER TON”
“COMPOST WORMS FEED ON THE BSF RESIDUE”

30. AUTOPOT AQUAPONICS
A SIMPLE – ELEGANT SOLUTION
STEP FOUR
“I THOUGHT WE WHERE GOING ORGANIC – DUMBO”
“IT’S PART OF THE TOTAL INTEGRATION”
“WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES”
I’VE GOT THE AUTOPOTS –THEY WORK
THE FISH THING IS UNTESTED – BUT I HAVE FAITH AND A MATE WHO KNOWS FISH

31. AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM
STARTS HERE
NEVER ENDS

32. THE IRONY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY FROM THIS PLANT
THAN I COULD EVER HOPE TO MAKE FROM VEGIES
I HAVE 60 WORTH $40 – COULD GROW HUNDREDS

33. THE IRONY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
I GOT HUNDREDS –ALL GROWN FROM SEED
DEAD EASY – BUNNINGS $80+
I COULD SELL THEM INTO PERTH TOMORROW

34. THE IRONY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
I GREW MOST OF THE COTTONWOODS YOU SEE IN GERO
MAINLY FOR THE CITY – AND LANDSCAPERS
I STILL HAVE PEOPLE CHASING THEM

35. THE IRONY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
THE LIST GOES ON AN ON
I’VE BEEN DOWNSIZED AT TAFE – CAN GROW BUT CAN’T GROW ON
WHAT ABOUT A CITY – TAFE JOINT VENTURE
COULD WE FINANCE OUR GARDEN –FARM THIS WAY
YES

36. BIG IS BEAUTIFUL AND SCARY
WILL WE SETTLE FOR 3 ROWS OF VEGIES OR 3 ACRES OF CROPS ??
DO WE WANT A TON OF COMPOST OR
100 TONS OF BOUNTIFUL LIVING SOIL ??
HOW MANY WORMS IS ENOUGH – THERE’S NO SUCH THING
THREE CHOOKS OR THREE HUNDRED ??
AN AQUARIUM - OR AN “OCEAN OF FISH”
10 FRUIT TREES – OR A 1000
DO WE NEED 10 PEOPLE OR 100 WILLING, HAPPY, ENGAGED, COMMITTED SOULS

37. WHAT WILL WE BE EATING
NEXT CHRISTMAS

38. YOU DECIDE