Since the 1970s, one third of the world’s agricultural land has been rendered unusable due to soil degradation. Modern agriculture, we’re told, is unsustainable. For one thing, it depletes the soil of ...
1. An event in which volunteers use permaculture principles to transform a suburban garden into a place that produces its own food. A combination of the words permaculture — a design system for ...
A number of readers have asked about the practicality of planting sustainable gardens that could provide family food as well as beauty. Some have asked about the possibility of surviving solely from ...
Most Americans have never heard of permaculture. And although the approach is gaining traction among U.S. urbanites (full disclosure: I teach urban permaculture), ideas differ about exactly what it is ...