BBC Wales: Back to the land

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Patrick Holden, Peak Oil, Local Food and Transition (Video)

Rob Hopkins, Transition Culture An excellent documentary aired on BBC Wales last night, called Back to the Land, which was part of a series called ‘Week In, Week Out’. In featured Patrick Holden, the director of the Soil Association, discussing peak oil and the impact that finding out about it had on his life and on how he farms his farm in Wales, as well as looking at the bigger implications of its ramifications for food and farming. It also included interviews with myself and some peak oil deniers, and sets out a strong argument that the transition to life beyond oil could actually bring many benefits to society. You can watch the film here for the next week.

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Back to the land

Patrick Holden, BBC-Wales Television

One of the country's top food campaigners explains why Wales is heading for massive food shortages and price rises unless more of us get back to the land and start growing our own. ---Oil wells are running, sparking a surge in food prices. This could leave us hungry. There are fears, in the worst case scenario, that this could lead to conflict and anarchy...These are some of the concerns raised in a Week In Week Out presented by one of Wales's leading food campaigners, Patrick Holden.A west Wales-based farmer for 30 years, Mr Holden claims our food distribution system is on shaky ground because of its dependency on oil.He says: "More and more people are coming to agree that oil production will peak in the next few years and when that happens its price could triple."Mr Holden says the end of cheap oil spells the end of cheap food.The petrol and food shortages of the fuel protests in 2000 could happen again, he warns. Mr Holden predicts the end of cheap oil will ignite social disorder and leave people hungry. The answer? We must all get back to the land - grow and eat food produced locally.(10 October 2007)