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I've been a member of Northey Street City Farm since its beginnings in 1994. I live locally, and have a background as a community worker, as a teacher, and as a civil servant. My education includes environmental science and ecology, education, community development and social welfare. I also have a strong interest and history of activity in politics, via the Greens. I teach horticulture as part of my commitment to a small scale society, where the bulk of food production takes place locally. I think this is one of the ways of the future, principally because the current system of food production is not sustainable in terms of its energy requirements. In the mid 80s I joined the Intentional community of Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, near Maleny, with the intention of helping to establish in practice an alternative possibility for the future. Due to family circumstanes this did not eventuate, and instead I turned to working towards addressing the same issues within the city, which lead me to the fullnes of my participation in Northey St City Farm.
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