Soil Biology
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Why Food Forests?
Image source: Permaculture a Beginner’s Guide, by Graham Burnett We’re all familiar with the concept of forests — lush, abundant…
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Maarten Stapper: “Agricultural Science and Technology is Stuck in a Rut” (IPC10 Presentation Video)
I’ve been a fan of Maarten Stapper’s work for a while now. In fact, further below you’ll find an article…
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Gold Coast Permaculture – Serious About Working With Local Waste Streams
The creation of soil biology and composting and the generation of soil health and fertility as the foundation of regenerative…
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The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Farming Systems Trial Report
The Rodale Institute’s 30-year Farming Systems Trial report (1.3mb PDF) The Rodale Institute has been, for a full 30 years…
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Review of Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest DVD, by Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe
Click play to hear the talk! Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe (www.veganicpermaculture.com) watch Geoff Lawton‘s Food Forest video and Helen…
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Rwanda – Forests of Hope
Many of you will remember the inspiring and encouraging example of earth restoration found in the story of the Loess…
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Paul Taylor on Composting (Video)
Soil and compost wizard, Paul Taylor, takes us through the process of building a compost pile.
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Read the Plants, Read the Landscape
Observation is a key element of permaculture design, and plants can help us to understand the landscape under our feet.…
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Positive Examples of Agricultural and Community Transformation in Kenya
I’m adding the following clips as a positive supplement to the preceding post. I think it’s important to see that…
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Soil Biology with Paul Taylor
One of the major global concerns we face today is the heavily depleted state and continued degeneration of our soil.…
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Lessons from an Urban Back Yard Food Forest Experiment
Editor’s Note: Some of you may remember my Magic in Melbourne post, where I covered the back yard of a…
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