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| ====== Plants ====== | ====== Bioregional Diet - suitable plants for the Townsville Region ====== |
| **A mixture of plants, herbs, shrubs and trees.** | A bioregional diet focuses on consuming foods grown and produced within one's local ecosystem, emphasizing sustainability, seasonality, and community support. This approach promotes harmony with the natural resources of a specific geographic area, offering benefits to individual health, local economies, and the environment. However, it's crucial to recognize that the foods naturally suited to grow in a region often differ significantly from those readily available in supermarkets. Modern food systems have become globalized, offering a wide variety of out-of-season and non-local products year-round. This disconnect between local agricultural potential and consumer habits presents a challenge for those seeking to adopt a truly bioregional diet. Adjusting to a bioregional diet may require significant changes in eating habits and food choices. It involves: |
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| | * Learning about locally grown produce and their seasons |
| | * Exploring recipes and cooking methods suitable for this bioregion - which may be at odds with traditional dominant Western cuisine |
| | * Adapting meal planning to accommodate seasonal availability |
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| | While this transition can be challenging, it offers numerous benefits: |
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| | * Reduced environmental impact |
| | * Enhanced food security |
| | * Improved nutritional value in food |
| | * Deeper connection to the local environment and community |
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| Links: | Links: |
| * [[Seed Saving]] | * [[Seed Saving]] |
| * [[Plants that regrow when purchased from the supermarket]] | |
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| * Pumpkin | |
| * Rockmellon | |
| * Watermellon | |
| * Jicama / yam bean | |
| * Wild rocket | |
| * winged yam - additional information needed on page | |
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| ====== Lists ====== | ====== Lists ====== |
| ^Annual^Perennial^ | ^Salads & Leafy Greens^ |
| |{{topic>annual&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| {{topic>perennial&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| | |{{topic>edible_leaves&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| |
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| ^Survives Townsville Summers^Pioneers^ | ^Survives Townsville Summers^Pioneers^ |
| |{{topic>Vegetable&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} |{{topic>Starch&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} | {{topic>Fruit&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} | {{topic>Nut&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} {{topic>Tea&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| | |{{topic>Vegetable&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} |{{topic>Starch&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} | {{topic>Fruit&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} | {{topic>Nut&simplelist&nodate&nouser}} {{topic>Tea&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| |
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| ^Timber^Coppice^ | ^Timber^Coppice^Utility^ |
| |{{topic>timber&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| {{topic>coppice&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| | |{{topic>timber&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| {{topic>coppice&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| {{topic>utility&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| |
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| | ^Climbers^ |
| | |{{topic>climber&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| |
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| | ^All Plants^ |
| | ^Annual^Perennial^ |
| | |{{topic>annual&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| {{topic>perennial&simplelist&nodate&nouser}}| |
| ====== Other ====== | ====== Other ====== |
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| * Full list of plants: [[Plant list]] | * Full list of plants: [[Plant list]] |
| Lists all of the plants that have the correct tags included. May take a while to generate. | Lists all of the plants that have the correct tags included. May take a while to generate. |
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