It is becoming more obvious with passing time that climate change is largely influenced by man’s activities here on planet earth. Natural disasters that have ravaged entire communities with floods, earth quakes and tsunamis are but a taste of what is in store for us for the future. Global food production and transportation contribute to around 20% of total carbon emissions and this is where the individual person can help make a difference. Our food is transported for many miles around the globe before it ends upon our dinner plates and if we grow at least some of our food, then this can make a positive dent in the effects of climate change. Be it in a pot on a balcony or a vegetable garden in the backyard, the accumulative effect of many people growing at least some of their food needs could potentially have a huge curbing effect on carbon emissions. The trend towards growing your own has surged over the last few years and even schools are getting in on the act. Children have a great affinity for eating vegetables when it comes out of their own garden so you can see there are other spin offs as well.
Growing vegetables the Permaculture way will also help combat climate change. All vegetation needs carbon to grow and when lots of support plants are planted as a source of chop and drop mulch, then these will greatly help to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and put it back into the soil where it belongs.