Sustainable Food City Witzenhausen

 

Due to the industrialization of the food industry, a lot of knowledge about growing our own foods has been lost in the previous years.  We got used to buy the products that are being offered to us in for instance supermarkets, but wouldn’t it be great to really learn how to grow food; to see a seed pop up into something edible?

By learning food growing practices you will find out how food actually grows, and appreciate the foods ending up on your plate even more. In addition you will have a certain freedom in deciding what type of food you want to grow and the opportunity to use sustainable practices. You will know what you eat and gain a lot of knowledge that can be passed on to new generations. And last but not least, growing food is fun and relaxing!

We try to encourage individuals to be self sustainable by planting own foods for self consumption or even for sale. This in turn could lead to the development of Community Food Systems. These systems can provide high-quality, safe, healthy and affordable food for all residents in the community.

Food growing can be done individually or through associations and institutions who can provide you with training and technical assistance. In Witzenhausen a lot of projects work on the key aspect of food growing and gardening. Would you like to work along with them, or do you have new ideas? share your ideas in the blog section and have a look and the different projects. Initiatives working on this are: