Newynog? Ewch draw i'r parc. Nod coedwig fwyd newydd Seattle yw bod yn anialwch bwytadwy. (Llun: Buena Vista Images/Getty Images)
Mae gweledigaeth Seattle o werddon fwyd drefol yn mynd rhagddi. Bydd darn o dir saith erw yng nghymdogaeth Beacon Hill y ddinas yn cael ei blannu â channoedd o wahanol fathau o fwyd: coed cnau Ffrengig a chastanwydd; llwyni llus a mafon; coed ffrwythau , gan gynnwys afalau a gellyg; planhigion egsotig fel pîn-afal, sitrws yuzu, gwava, persimmons, aeron mêl, a lingonberries; perlysiau; a mwy. Bydd y cyfan ar gael i'w pluo gan y cyhoedd i unrhyw un sy'n crwydro i goedwig fwyd gyntaf y ddinas.
“Mae hyn yn gwbl arloesol, ac nid yw erioed wedi’i wneud o’r blaen mewn parc cyhoeddus,” meddai Margarett Harrison, prif bensaer tirwedd prosiect Coedwig Fwyd y Beacon, wrth TakePart . Mae Harrison yn gweithio ar luniadau adeiladu a thrwydded nawr ac mae’n disgwyl dechrau’r gwaith adeiladu’r haf hwn.
Mae'r cysyniad o goedwig fwyd yn sicr yn gwthio ffiniau amaethyddiaeth drefol ac mae wedi'i seilio ar y cysyniad o bermaculture , sy'n golygu y bydd yn lluosflwydd ac yn hunangynhaliol, fel y mae coedwig yn y gwyllt. Nid yn unig mai'r goedwig hon yw prosiect permaculture ar raddfa fawr cyntaf Seattle, ond credir hefyd mai dyma'r cyntaf o'i fath yn y genedl.
“Mae’r cysyniad yn golygu ein bod ni’n ystyried y priddoedd, planhigion cydymaith, pryfed, chwilod—bydd popeth o fudd i’r ddwy ochr,” meddai Harrison.
Mae’r ffaith bod y cynllun wedi dod at ei gilydd o gwbl yn rhyfeddol ynddo’i hun. Yr hyn a ddechreuodd fel prosiect grŵp ar gyfer cwrs dylunio permaculture a ddaeth i ben fel enghraifft berffaith o allgymorth cymunedol a lwyddodd.
“Gwnaeth Cyfeillion y Goedwig Fwyd ymdrechion allgymorth arwrol i sicrhau cefnogaeth y gymdogaeth. Postiodd y tîm dros 6,000 o gardiau post mewn pum iaith wahanol, eu cyflwyno mewn digwyddiadau a ffeiriau, a phostio taflenni,” ysgrifennodd Robert Mellinger ar gyfer Crosscut .
Roedd mewnbwn y gymdogaeth mor werthfawr gan y trefnwyr, fe wnaethon nhw hyd yn oed ddefnyddio cyfieithwyr i helpu trigolion Tsieineaidd i gael llais yn y cynllunio.
Felly pwy yn union sy'n cael cynaeafu'r holl ffrwythau isel hynny pan ddaw'r amser?
“Pob un a phawb,” meddai Harrison. “Bu trafodaeth fawr amdano. Roedd pobl yn poeni, 'Beth os daw rhywun a chymryd yr holl lus?' Gallai hynny ddigwydd yn hawdd iawn, ond efallai bod angen y llus hynny ar rywun. Rydyn ni'n edrych arno fel hyn—os nad oes gennym ni ddim ar ddiwedd tymor llus, yna mae'n golygu ein bod ni'n llwyddiannus.”
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How many acres? How many people?
If one or a few people pick all of the blueberries one season, or someone else sells some apples they picked, why not plant more acres and more acres and more acres?
Until people bought and barricaded all the land every forest was a food forest...and if you know a forest you can get into, it is still a food forest. Pine, cedar, willow, nuts, and all sorts of forest plants are deliciously edible and sustained humankind for thousands of years. Seattle has a nice urban idea but certainly NOT America's first food forest. Creator gave us that! We have in New England all kinds of orchards with berries, pears, apples, peaches, nuts, honey bees, etc, (not many exotics); a kind of fruit forest - though not usually free. Perhaps it should be called America's first Free Fruit Forest.
This is a fascinating trend. I applaud the visionaries behind this movement. Harold, Lead Pastor @ Life Center, Pasadena, CA
I suspect that is a real possibility Rosemary, but by far better to build this and know that the right people will enjoy. I would love to see this manifest everywhere, no one would need to then try to sell because FREE is available. What a wonderful world this will be!
I read somewhere... can't remember which state... doesn't allow the planting of fruit trees on public property ( schools etc ) because (they say ) it will bring pests. I don't like it when people act stupid.... fruit trees feed people. Rock on permiculture!
This is fascinating and I applaud the people of Seattle, who are once again leading the way :) I do, however, have a question, and this comes from the potential conflicts between 'scarcity' and 'abundance' models. How have they tackled the question of what to do if someone, for example, thinks they can take advantage of this 'abundance' by picking lots of apples and then selling them at a market? I am working with a colleague on an issue of a journal that will focus on 'open source thinking' and this question - is there a dark side to the concept - is one we have been reflecting on, along with thinking about its advantages. In other words, how does one sustain 'orderly' use of the fruit forest without imposing 'control'? Is there an equivalent to the creative commons approach that could apply to such abundance-oriented models and activities?
I think the world was like this.........but we have made it as it is now....it is great that we are trying to swing it back to it glories past...well done good job....all nations, institutions etc can replicate this to their own capacity....