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Existing formal and informal food economies and experiences

1. This green space between private land
and the Hawkesbury river is regularly cut and the clippings are left in piles no one uses.

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5.

2. This mainly empty private land is

partitioned off, the occasional horse is grazing and one home has an impressive vegetable patch.

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3. This section of housing is some of the

most expensive real estate in Windsor. A van delivering farm fresh meat to your door was witnessed, even though a supermarket and a butcher operate in walking distance. The occasional yard grows an edible fruit tree or vine.

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4. This housing section has a few flats and

tenants walk to the shopping complex and use the fast food services nearby.

5. Windsor Riverview Shopping Centre. The

centre has a fish monger, green grocer and a butcher all competing against a Coles supermarket which provides similar produce. The centre also has a small food court people frequent.

6. The Girl Guides occasionally use this

green space for activities. The area is flat with a few large trees and is watered with recycled water regularly.

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Problems and opportunities from a future sustainability perspective

3. The residents here depend predominantly
on the supermarket for their food and occasionally the fast food restaurants in the area. Many residents order their shopping online and the supermarket delivers it to their door.

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4. The residents from this area also shop at 4.

the supermarket but work together and take advantage of the communal orchard at point 6.

5. The Riverview Centre is home to

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1. The uninhabitable green space continues

to exist and the grass cuttings are collected and transported across the road to point 6 where it is used as mulch.

predominantly fast food in terms of cuisine as the specialist stores such as the butcher could no longer compete with the supermarket. The supermarket is used by everyone and also runs a popular online ordering delivery service. Any green waste from the supermarket is collected by the residents of section 4 and used as compost for point 6.

6. The practically unused space has been

2. Since the local green grocer closed and

quality of the supermarket produce has decreased, this section of private land has been combined to form a private communal vegetable patch for the residents.

developed into a community orchard that provides a wide range of fruits year round to the public, specifically the less wealthy, space lacking, citizens of section 3. The orchard is watered using water straight from the nearby Hawkesbury River and mulched by grass clippings from point 1.