Food First Executive Director Eric Holt-Giménez talks about “Food Movements Unite!” an upcoming publication from Food First! Books.
http://www.vimeo.com/19417480Oct 072011
Oct 062011
This video focuses on phases II and III of the project: the campus-wide garden design and implementation. UMass Amherst transformed a 1/4 grass lawn on campus into a thriving, abundant, permaculture garden during the 2010-2011 academic year. Learn how this student-led project can be easily replicated and spread to other campuses, institutions… any piece of land for that matter. UMass Amherst is one of the first university’s undertaking a project like this, directly on campus, and supplying the food to its dining commons.
Please considering donating to UMass Permaculture! http://umass.edu/give/?a=407 and Press UMass Amherst
Courtesy of www.Seedsavers.net more videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/seedsavers
Permaculture is a concept pioneered by Australian Bill Mollison and literally means “permanent agriculture”. His model of biological diversity and complementary agricultural practices promotes a sustainable environment via the interplay of natural ecosystems. Permaculture has gained a huge international following with the publication of his book Permaculture: A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future. Permaculture has become the mainstay philosophy of the organic movement. Mollison’s vision, which borrows from Masanobu Fukuoka’s “One Straw Revolution”, intelligently combines the factors of site location, recycling of by-products from farming and forest activities, species diversity and biological succession.
When gourmet and medicinal mushrooms are involved as key organisms in the recycling agricultural and forest by-products, the bio dynamics of permaculture soar to extraordinary levels of productivity. Not only are mushrooms a protein-rich food source for humans, but the by-products of mushrooms cultivation unlock nutrients for other members of the ecological community. The rapid return of nutrients back into the ecosystem boosts the life cycles of plants, animals, insects (bees), and soil microflora.
Source: Fungi Perfecti, Paul Stamets
Mother Earth News Interview
PLOWBOY: And did all your contact with the wilds have any effect on your perceptions of our modern agricultural system?
MOLLISON: Oh yes! Everything I did, either in research or in fieldwork, indicated that there was something fundamentally wrong with modern farming methods. For instance, every problem I found in commercial agribusiness was actually caused by the industry itself. Usually — when a farmer called in the CSIRO for a consultation — the results of our investigation pointed the finger straight at the grower him- or herself!
As I saw the same situation occur time and time again, I gradually came to the conclusion that most contemporary crop-raisers must be doing things the wrong way. So my last few years with the CSIRO were spent in the forest, observing the plant and animal species on location . . . and there I learned that everything in nature is self -controlled and self -balancing.
You know, a lot of modern thought suggests that the planet — as a living organismic — seeks to protect itself by rejecting any species that causes it harm. For instance, if cattle damage part of the earth, the harmed region will respond by growing thorn bushes and poisonous plants, thus rejecting the animals. Well, I think we — the members of the human race — are perilously close to being rejected by the earth in that same way . . . and quite rightly so, since we’ve created some terrible damage.
Source: Mother Earth News
Sep 012011
John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip the the 18th and Rhode Island Permaculture Garden.
Just a few short years ago this Garden was an empty city lot. Now this lot has been transformed into an excellent example of Permaculture (Permanent Agriculture) Garden producing food for the community. After watching this episode you will learn more about permaculture and some of the techniques that are used to maximize your harves
Aug 152011
Lisa Heenan interviews renowned Permaculture Designer & RegenAG (www.RegenAG.com) founder Darren J. Doherty asking what makes his Permaculture Design Courses so different to others & why this upcoming course in Athens, Greece in September 2011 is worth attending…
Aug 062011
Silvana e Bruno tinham em casa um problema: a fossa estava vazando. Com criatividade, o esgoto se transformou em solução. Hoje, uma bacia de evapotranspiração, além de tratar as águas pretas da casa, está produzindo alimentos também.
A pond isn’t just a big puddle; a pond can make anyone’s life easier – in your garden, your land, your park… anywhere!
by Erik Ohlsen
1. Pest Management
Control pests like mosquitos, slugs, snails and other bugs that are eating up you and your garden, using no pesticides.
2. Escape
A pond and waterfall can drown out noise, giving you a sense of peace and tranquility.
3. Aquaculture
A pond can be your own farm. You can grow and eat the plants and fish that work to clean and filter your pond.
4. Flood Irrigation
All the nutrients and minerals your plants and fish are leaving in the water can be washed off into your land, providing not only moisture needed, but fertilizing your plants, saving you organic or inorganic fertilizer costs.
5. Microclimate
Do you want to grow some oranges, but you live in a cold climate? A pond absorbs heat during the day from the sun, then releases at night, so frost is less likely to occur on plants right next to the warmer water source — the pond. This allows you to grow citrus, flowers and other plants that require shorter frost times.
6. Biomass
If your pond is overgrown, that’s a good thing! You’ll need that as mulch. Mulching your garden with nutrient-rich will help you reach the carbon nitrogen ratio that will give you the best growth. It makes excellent compost as well.
…Permaculture Artisans Network is the place to go for fun, sane ways of redesigning your world. Come here to learn, share your ideas, and contact us if you’d like us to work on your project!
Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden on Sustainability
Solar panels are expensive things, both in terms of money and the energy needed to produce them. Do they fit into a low-impact, permaculture lifestyle? How do they measure up against other sources of renewable energy? A good discussion on the subject, filmed at the Hampshire Green Fair 2011
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