Gose zara? Zoaz parkera. Seattleko janari-baso berriak basamortu jangarri bat izan nahi du. (Argazkia: Buena Vista Images/Getty Images)
Seattlek hiri-janari oasi baten ikuspegia aurrera doa. Hiriko Beacon Hill auzoko zazpi hektareako lursail batean ehunka janari mota landatuko dira: intxaurrondoak eta gaztainondoak; ahabi eta mugurdi zuhaixkak; fruta- arbolak, sagarrak eta udareak barne; anana, yuzu zitrikoak, guaiaba, kakiak, ezti-baiak eta ahabiak bezalako landare exotikoak; belarrak; eta gehiago. Guztia hiriko lehen janari-basora sartzen den edonorentzat eskuragarri egongo da publikoarentzat.
«Hau guztiz berritzailea da, eta inoiz ez da parke publiko batean egin», adierazi dio TakePart-i Margarett Harrisonek, Beacon Food Forest proiektuko paisaia-arkitekto nagusiak. Harrison eraikuntza- eta baimen-marrazkietan ari da lanean orain, eta uda honetan lanak hasteko asmoa du.
Janari-basoaren kontzeptuak hiri-nekazaritzaren mugak gainditzen ditu, zalantzarik gabe, eta permakultura kontzeptuan oinarritzen da, hau da, iraunkorra eta autosufizientea izango da, baso bat naturan bezala. Baso hau Seattleko lehen permakultura proiektu handia izateaz gain, nazio osoan mota honetako lehena dela uste da.
«Kontzeptuak esan nahi du lurzoruak, landare laguntzaileak, intsektuak, zomorroak kontuan hartzen ditugula; dena izango da elkarren onuragarria», dio Harrisonek.
Plana bera ere gauzatu izana bera harrigarria da. Permakultura diseinu ikastaro baterako talde-proiektu gisa hasi zena, azkenean, komunitatearekiko harremanak arrakastaz gauzatu izanaren adibide bikaina izan zen.
« Friends of the Food Forest-ek ahalegin heroikoak egin zituen auzokoen babesa lortzeko. Taldeak 6.000 postal baino gehiago bidali zituen bost hizkuntza ezberdinetan, ekitaldietan eta azoketan jarri zituen, eta eskuorriak jarri zituen» , idatzi du Robert Mellingerrek Crosscut-erako .
Antolatzaileek auzokoen ekarpena hain baloratu zuten, ezen itzultzaileak ere erabili baitzituzten txinatar bizilagunei plangintzan ahotsa izan dezaten.
Beraz, nork bilduko ditu eskuragarri dauden fruitu horiek guztiak unea iristen denean?
«Edonor», dio Harrisonek. «Eztabaida handia egon zen horri buruz. Jendeak kezkatuta zegoen, 'Zer gertatuko litzateke norbait etorri eta ahabi guztiak eramaten baditu?'. Oso gerta liteke hori, baina agian norbaitek behar zituen ahabi horiek. Honela ikusten dugu: ahabi denboraldiaren amaieran bat ere ez badugu, orduan arrakasta izan dugula esan nahi du».
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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....