If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Here at Permanent Culture Now we believe and are fully committed to the fact that we need to produce as much of our own food as possible in our own back gardens and yards, the reasons for this are many, firstly we can remove ourselves from the ruinous and destructive locked in effect of fossil fuel agriculture, secondly in an era of rising food prices we can at least be certain that we will get to eat nutritious home grown produce straight from our garden, and thirdly, every little bit of food that we grow using permaculture techniques and organic methods can only help to enhance local eco systems within the regions in which we live.

Helping each other to grow

Although many will be solitary gardeners we ask of our friends and followers to try and find themselves a friend or neighbour with whom they can hook up with to grow their own food. We believe that gardening together is a way of developing stronger ties, and is also a way of generating the much needed community that we have lost through the selfish individualism of consumer capitalism. It goes without saying that together we are capable of much more than our own solitary efforts and the experience of growing with others can only lead to a greater diversity of produce that can be shared and swapped amongst friends and neighbours.

Local food for a permanent culture

Our message here is that a future based on sound ecology and a respect for planet and people can only occur if people begin to cultivate their own resources. This has to happen now, and it is happening now, we only need to look at the sheer number of community growing groups and incredible edible project that are popping up all over the place. We need to continue with this positive and optimistic push as we seek to reclaim our food from a wasteful and destructive industrial agriculture, as is always the case. So come on good people, lets get growing, and lets grow together!