Plants for a future

Plants For A Future
legal form	charitable company
founding	1989
founder	Ken Fern, Addy Fern
Website	pfaf.org

Plants For A Future is a UK non-profit organization based in Dawlish that is engaged in the cultivation and conservation of useful and edible plants . Such plants are being grown on an experimental basis in south-west England . An online catalog is maintained from which some of the plants can be obtained. The main focus of the non-profit organization is on perennial , perennial plants.

aims

“The Charity's objectives are to advance the education of the public by the promotion of all aspects of ecologically sustainable vegan-organic horticulture and agriculture with an emphasis on tree, shrub and other perennial species; and the undertaking of research into such horticulture and agriculture, and dissemination of the results of such research. "

“The goals of the organization are to promote education on the benefits of all aspects of environmental sustainability, organic vegan horticulture and agriculture, with an emphasis on trees, shrubs / bushes and other perennial plants, and to promote research in the field of horticulture and agriculture promote and publish the results of this research "

External impact

The website contains an online database of around 7000 plants that can be grown in the UK (or regions with comparable climates). The collection was created by Ken Fern and can be used online free of charge, downloaded for a fee or purchased on CD. The database is often cited because of its size and quality.

The organization participates in the public discussion by publishing books. The members have attended various conferences and are also participants in the International Permaculture Research Project .

Publications

Fern, Ken, Plants for a Future: Edible and Useful Plants for a Healthier World . Hampshire: Permanent Publications, 1997. ISBN 1-85623-011-2 .
Edible Plants: An inspirational guide to choosing and growing unusual edible plants. 2012 ISBN 978-1-4811-7001-7
Woodland Gardening: Designing a low-maintenance, sustainable edible woodland garden. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4840-6916-5
Edible Trees: A practical and inspirational guide from Plants For A Future on how to grow and harvest trees with edible and other useful produce. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4937-3610-2
Plantes Comestibles: Le guide pour vous inspirer à choisir et cultiver des plantes comestibles hors du commun. 2014. ISBN 978-1-4959-1469-0
Edible Perennials: 50 Top perennial plants from Plants For A Future. 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ charitycommission.gov.uk: Entry 1057719 - PLANTS FOR A FUTURE , accessed on December 11, 2015.
↑ Media Information 2010 .
^ Sue Colledge, James Conolly, Wild plant use in European Neolithic subsistence economies: a formal assessment of preservation bias in archaeobotanical assemblages and the implications for understanding changes in plant diet breadth . In: Quaternary Science Reviews 101, (2014), 193-206, 199, doi : 10.1016 / j.quascirev.2014.07.013 .
↑ Presentation at the International Permaculture London 2015
^ Analysis of the First International Permaculture Research Survey
^ Permaculture Association

[1] ritycommission.gov.uk: Entry 1057719 - PLANTS FOR A FUTURE , accessed on December 11, 2015.

[2] Media Information 2010 .

[3] Sue Colledge, James Conolly, Wild plant use in European Neolithic subsistence economies: a formal assessment of preservation bias in archaeobotanical assemblages and the implications for understanding changes in plant diet breadth . In: Quaternary Science Reviews 101, (2014), 193-206, 199, doi : 10.1016 / j.quascirev.2014.07.013 .

[4] Presentation at the International Permaculture London 2015

[5] Analysis of the First International Permaculture Research Survey

[6] Permaculture Association