Commercial Farm Projects
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A Talk on Regenerative Farming (video)
The co-author of Edible Forest Gardens (among other titles) speaks about earth-friendly methods for promoting robust food production while improving…
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Miracle Farms – a 5-acre Commercial Permaculture Orchard (Southern Quebec)
Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard.…
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Start Growing! Part 1: How to Buy a Farm Debt Free
Let’s say you have a bit of savings and you’re keen to buy land to farm. Even though permaculture has…
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Retrofitting a Small Town
For the last four years, I have been dreaming of retrofitting a small town with a group of like-minded individuals…
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Funding for Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters in England
UK government starts mining agricultural wastes for renewable energy as municipal and household wastes are becoming scarce. by Dr Mae…
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Fridays at the Farm (video)
Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decide to join a local community supported organic farm. As…
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Nanjing Permaculture – To PDC or Not to PDC, That is the Question (China)
Through a lucky coincidence, we found a couch-surfing host in Nanjing that was interested in permaculture. Not only that, once…
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Japanese Farmers Producing Crops and Solar Energy Simultaneously
Revitalizing the farming sector for the next-generation and could provide more than enough electricity for the entire country. by Dr…
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What’s Holding Our Local Farmers Back?
As much as I love fresh local food, why isn’t there more of it? Why aren’t there more small farmers…
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Winter 2013 at ‘Caroola’ (NSW, Australia) – Preparation, Poultry, Paddocks and Planting
Who said winter was a quiet time on the farm. I have to say we’ve never been busier, preparing, planting…
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Here in Hainan (China)
This was just one more reminder to look beyond the details and not to become a pompous permaculturist. I remember…
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OrBio – a Cover Crop Strategy for Market Gardens
A bug’s eye view of the sky, from a stand of cover crop Photo © Craig Mackintosh A recent post…
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