Permaculture represents a new way of looking at food production, seeing it instead as a byproduct of ecosystem conservation. It utilizes a wide variety of plants and crops intermixed on a small piece of land. Some plants provide shade for other plants that need less sun. Permaculture produces healthy food, as much as three times the food produced with industrial farming per unit of land. Permaculture is based on a different kind of efficiency, production per unit of land. It requires more people to work the land than industrial farming but yields can be up to 3 times greater per unit of land. It is also a much more resilient farming practice. Where monocultures of corn or wheat or soy can fall victim to pest invasions, drought, or disease, the variety of species of plants on permaculture farms reduces the chances for entire crops to be wiped out.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:45:10 +0000
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