Hi everybody,

We've just upgraded the website membership registration process to make it more secure because we were getting quite a few spam registrations.

So if you would like to contribute to the forum, upload pictures to the photo gallery or add a video to the video gallery then click here to create an account.

Note: Creating a website membership account does not mean you are joining the HCFA. To join the HCFA as a member please download the membership form, print, fill and send off.

Thanks!

Paul

 Following on from my previous post about permaculture I have found a link to a page about Agroforestry. 

http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/

Agroforestry is the growing of both trees and agricultural / horticultural crops on the same piece of land.

They are designed to provide tree and other crop products and at the same time protect, conserve, diversify and sustain vital economic, environmental, human and natural resources.

Agroforestry differs from traditional forestry and agriculture by its focus on the interactions amoung components rather than just on the individual components themselves.

In the long term I believe both Permaculture and Agroforestry will have a great influence on the HCFA's planning strategy.

Hi everyone,

There are now dedicated photo albums for each month of the year at Faggs Road starting in August 2009. If you have any pictures from the past months please login and upload them.

To see the empty albums follow this link:

http://www.hcfa.org.uk/gallery/category/1-faggs-road

All photos will need to be authorised before publishing, so nothing dodgy please.

Cheers

Paul

Channel 4 & Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (River Cottage) have started up a project called Landshare where people with access to land open it up to other people who want to grow produce.

landshare.channel4.com

Should the HCFA register in the hope we can attract new members willing to get their hands dirty?

From the link below I see there are already some people looking for space to grow things in the area:

landshare.channel4.com/listings/map

Attempting to embed a video about permaculture and the future of farms in Britain. It's quite an interesting video and maybe we at the HCFA can learn some things from. Hope this works!