What does Sustainable Mean to You?

 

We can easily see how many people (maybe even most people) do not have a clear idea what is meant to be self-sustainable.

To us it is a mind set.

 

Our vision is to create a community that encourages self sustainability by taking advantage of natural resources while protecting the environment and wildlife that surrounds us. Using the Sun, Water, and Air as viable sources for energy. Encouraging residents to use their backyards as a food resource. Planting gardens, raising chickens, and shopping at locally owned stores are just a few ways to promote self-sustainability.

 

Learn more about our vision by visiting our "Vision" Page.

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It may mean: (Tell us what it means to you and we may post it here:)

• Doing things in your daily life to preserve the environment.
• Purchasing goods from locally owned businesses.
• It may mean picking up a fishing pole and spending time with your kids to catch your next meal.
• It means reducing your individual demands for energy.
• It means investing in energy saving products for your home.
• Investing in Solar and /or Wind for energy
• Collecting rain water for watering your plants and gardens.
• Planting a garden in your backyard to produce food.
• Learning how how to can / preserve foods.
• Limiting your use of pesticides that can enter our watersheds.
• Preserving our local forests
• It may mean raising a small flock of chickens in your backyard for egg consumption.

We believe many people understand organic foods to be the absence of "bad" things like pesticides, chemical fertilizers, animal hormones, etc.. But that is far from the whole picture. The beauty of sustainability is its a larger umbrella that covers care for the environment, social justice for workers, fair equity return for the farmer, respect for the people who eat the food, and the strengthening of local food economies.

 

Below are some definitions we found:

Sustainable Table: Sustainable agriculture involves food production methods that are healthy, do not harm the environment, respect workers, are humane to animals, provide fair wages to farmers, and support farming communities.

 

BBC News: Rather than steaming ahead at the current rate, with little thought for future generations, sustainability is about seeking ways of providing food, water and energy that are long-lasting and have less of an impact on the environment.

 

Yale Sustainable Food Project: We say that “a practice can be called sustainable if and only if it can be continued indefinitely without degrading the systems and resources upon which it relies.”

 

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA):Sustainable agriculture is one that produces abundant food without depleting the earth’s resources or polluting its environment. It is agriculture that follows the principles of nature to develop systems for raising crops and livestock that are, like nature, self-sustaining. Sustainable agriculture is also the agriculture of social values, one whose success is indistinguishable from vibrant rural communities, rich lives for families, and wholesome food for everyone.