Livestock
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A Horse Education at Zaytuna Farm
The author with Star Photos: Erik Klockemann Ever since the rise of the combustion engine, horses have had less and…
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How Goats Built My Food Forest and Gave Me Fuel for My Rocket Stove
When Geoff Lawton told me that he had discovered a novel way to use goats to design his food forest,…
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How to Grow Chickens Without Buying Grain – by Only Feeding Them Compost
Whilst on a tour of the US, Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton was giving a talk at Montpelier, Vermont, when a…
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A Worm Farm in Your Duck Coop! (Alaska)
In my last article I discussed the challenges of keeping ducks in backyard permaculture. There are two primary problems, at…
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Ducks in Backyard Permaculture (Alaska)
Here in the northernmost tip of North America’s temperate rainforest, Alaska’s infamous cold meets some of the wettest weather in…
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Holistic Management Survey
Allan Savory’s recent TED talk has brought much publicity to Holistic Management, and a lot of conversation around this management…
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Healing the Planet Through Photosynthesis and Carbon Sequestration
If we implement wise geoengineering, even eating meat could help tackle the backlog of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon…
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Of Mice and Men and Chooks
Some of the motley chook collective A good mate of mine described the chook (chicken) collective here as a “motley…
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New Allan Savory Podcast and Free Webinar
We are getting pretty excited about welcoming Allan Savory to Australia in a couple of weeks to enliven a discussion…
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Advanced Cell Grazing – Permaculture Livestock Systems at Zaytuna Farm
Cell grazing is not a new option when it comes to large animal management. However, brewing at Zaytuna Farm is…
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The Great Escape
//www.youtube.com/embed/rDvnUiO-LAk If you ever thought animals don’t think, feel, fret, get excited or joyous, think again… Here are some dairy…
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Geoff Lawton’s Zaytuna Farm Video Tour – Part II
Last year I took some time out to make a Zaytuna Farm Video Tour for you all (embedded here, with…
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