Agricultural+Scientist's+Notes

= Food Sources Available Around our Settlement: =

//Below are a collection of the food sources available specifically around our settlement. These resources would hopefully support our village, limiting the need to import these fruits and foods from other areas.//

//It should be noted that we have heard from the Task Force Manager that we do not have a supply of coconut palms, and therefore coconut crabs, around our settlement.// = = //It was also discussed by the Agricultural Scientist's Board that it is not efficient for our settlement to maintain livestock. It would be a good idea, however, to have a supply of chickens for eggs and meat.//

//__Flax__// -
Flax plants are found in abundance in the scrubland in close proximity to our settlement. Some possibilities for our use of these plants include:
 * The seeds, which are an excellent health food for the people of our settlement
 * Utilising the fibre, possibly for linen cloth or clothing
 * Straw from the plant, which can be harvested and used to produce some paper products
 * Extract linseed oil meal for food for livestock. Our settlement does not intend to have livestock, however this could be a good substance to 'share' with other settlements and barter with for products we do not have, ie. meat

Flax plants are also very effective 'companion crops'. It would be efficient for us to limit the space we use for cultivating crops and alter the natural environment by using crops that can share space. Flax plants have limited leaf area and a not very extensive root system, which would reduce competition with other crops for moisture. They are paired ezpecially well with legumes.

More information on growing flax plants can be found at the link below - []

//__Cassava__// -
Our settlement can utilise the cassava plants growing plentifully around our settlement to provide us with food, limiting our need to introduce too many other species of fruit adn vegetables and use too much natural landscape for crop production.
 * Cassava have starch-filled roots and are prepared much like a potato. They can also be made in to potato chips
 * The roots can be added to soups and stews
 * Dried roots can be milled in to flour and used for pasta and bread
 * Young leaves are high in protein and can be eaten much like spinach
 * Can be used as chicken feed to feed our chicken population, and also 'shared' with other settlements
 * The roots can also be made in to alcoholic beverages

Cassava plants do not grow well in flooding areas, so we are only able to rely on this as a food source if they are located in areas that are free from the threat of floods.

More information on cassava can be found at the link below - []

//__Breadfruit__// -
Breadfruit plants are found around our settlement in the sandy environments, the edges of the forests and in the flood plains, located to the west of our settlement. These fruits will contribute greatly to the survival of our settlement, when harvested sustainably and sensibly.


 * Breadfruits can be eaten ripe,as a fruit,and also underripe, as a vegetable
 * Breadfruits can also be dried out and ground to make flour, which our settlement can utilise as flour for cooking many foods, like bread and puddings
 * Latex can be collected of the fruit, which we can use to fix leaks in our boats (which we use to fish off the coast surrounding our settlement) and also combine with colouerd earth to make paints
 * Fiber from the plants can be made in to cloth and clothing
 * In a limited and sustainable manner, we have the possibility of utilising the wood from the breadfruit tree for furniture, house building and even surfboards, as it is extra light!

Breadfruit also has many medicinal values!
 * Toasted flowers can relieve tooth aches
 * Breadfruit can lower blood pressure
 * To relieve asthma
 * As eardrops
 * The ashes from burnt leaves can be used to treat skin infections.

More information on breadfruit can be found at the link below - []

//__Other Fruits__// -
Banana, papaya and pineapple plants area available around our settlement for us to use as food.



//__Sea Food__// -
We have been advised by Task Force Command that the coastal area surrounding our settlement is rocky and home to an abundance of marine life. The rocky nature of the gives us access to a population of Spiny Lobster, which we can fish in moderation and use as a food source.

We can also fish for many other fish species, including White Fish, Nanwee, Smapper, Yellow Tail and Cod.

__//Honey//__ -
There are vast supplies of honey in the scrubland, of which there is alot around our settlement. We can use honey to add sweetness to cooking, as we do not have our own plantation of sugar cane.

//__Other Food Supply Ideas__://
We will introduce chickens to our settlement, in a restricted area to limit damage to the natural environment, and import meat from other settlements that farm livestock.