Sustainability in Surrey ?

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The UK used to have a sustainable system of agriculture - the 3 or 4 course rotation of crops - wheat, roots, grazing. This built the fertility of the soil. This system is now abandoned, as is any real attempt to feed ourselves - we import most of our food.

Surrey does not produce much food.

  • There are a few market gardens south of Guildford
  • Maybe there are 5,000 allotments in Surrey
  • A small number of gardeners produce an appreciable quantity of fruit and vegetables (5% of gardeners grow 10% of their own annual consumption, so producing 0.5% of Surrey's total food consumed)
  • I am told that there are more horses than livestock in Surrey
  • Also, more people work on golf courses than in the agricultural sector

I think it is fair to estimate that Surrey produces about 1% of the food consumed in the county. This situation may not be sustainable.

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In Surrey:

  • our agriculture grows an estimated 1% of the food consumed in Surrey
  • we produce 580,000 tons of household waste a year plus more waste from shops, offices, etc
  • about 18% of waste is recycled
  • we produce 580,000 tons sewage
  • we use 58 million tons water
  • we have about 12 million trees


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