If I was to try and describe the perfect food procurement supply chain it would go something like this:

short, transparent, fair and sustainable.

well in this month's episode Janie Bickersteth from Oxfarm to Fork tell us about an initative that hits all these points and some.

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A month or so ago a US publisher emailed to ask if I'd like to interview Elspeth Hay, about her recently published book about harvesting nuts., called 'Feed us with Trees' Obviously I agreed, I love talking to anyone about food . But what I didn't expect was how profoundly reading the book would both change and clarify my outlook. From how traditional hunter-gathering societies managed the land, to how trees could and should play a major role in modern agriculture, prepare to discover a missing piece of the modern food system.

You can download a copy of the book from here

https://newsociety.com/book/feed-us-with-trees/?aff=65

For the full episode, go to:

https://youtu.be/z6kIB9Vrl5I

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In this episode we're heading out of town And by 'out of town, I don't mean the countryside I mean suburban Auckland, on New Zealands North Island. This is a bit of a family affair, as the tour guide is my sister, and you hear the odd interjection from my Dad.

You'll also need a brief orentation session, so here we go. I was there at Christmas, which is coming into summer, and when talk about the climate up north, that's closer to the equator, with hotter summer and milder winters.

So join me on on a tour of the The Lucida Place Community Orchard.The crops might be different - I mean olives and avacadoes for goodness sake - but a lot of the issues around running a community orchard are pretty much identical.

This was recorded on the fly, so expect lots of wildlife, wind, and the odd plane.

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