Towards food autonomy

The food chain of our industrialized world is built on an unprecedented dependence on fossil fuels: if intensive agriculture needs oil to run its machinery and supply itself with synthetic fertilizers, the distribution sector also depends on it to supply towns. What will happen when this now scarce resource reaches a crippling price, or when it runs out? For example, the population of Ile-de-France only has barely three days of food autonomy. As for the contents of our plates, sometimes it would be better not to know, as the procession of pesticides, hormones and other circulating GMOs poisons us little by little. However, each of us can find our way back to earth, in our own garden, but also on a balcony, a terrace, in a shared garden... Experiences in France and around the world, such as in Detroit or in Cuba, prove that, even in the city, one can cultivate and nourish a large part of the population in a healthy way. Frédérique Basset has investigated these means of producing your own food with methods that are gentle on the planet, without side effects for health: her book is both a plea and a guide to action. How to relearn how to cultivate and eat sustainably, even in the city.