A Permaculture Food Forest

The Food Forest is being developed by Annemarie and Graham Brookman and their children Tom and Nikki, to demonstrate how an ordinary family, with a typical Australian income can grow its own food and create a productive and diverse landscape.

For More Information please visit; http://www.foodforest.com.au/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• permaculture
• food forest
• Annemarie
• Graham Brookman
• david holmgren
• australia

[lifeseeker51]

I live in Colorado. 40 aq on a dry mesa near colorado city. It is my plan to produce all the food we eat here. So far I have four raised beds. The results I'm getting are encouraging. Later we'll add sheep, guineys and chickens.

[theproducegarden]

go aussie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[attiliocg]

I have to agree with marchetta67... this is a beautiful example of a permaculture farm, is a far cry from a "food forest". Much LOVE, Respect & Gratitude to the Brookman Family for what they are doing and all their efforts because it is moving US ALL in the proper direction, as compared to traditional farming and agriculture. For anyone interested in joining a new permaculture settlement currently being created in the Western U.S.A., search-out "One Community Ranch" for all the details.

[iampeeay01]

thanks for posting this video.. i learned a lot.. blessings to you..

[katsandroses]

very good, thanks for uploading :-)

[NuttBurger]

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[jackrowet1234]

Ok. The Secret to survival is.... not to stop driving cars, the secret is to ADAPT by being aware, and optimistic.... Like this guy; "apples rotted? Whatever, jujubes next  year...."

[JasonDamisch]

I would like to suggest, and for people to consider, that plants play a large roll in regulating the climate. If you cut down all of the trees, and destroy all of the forests, then the average temperature is going to rise. I think that is what has been happening.

[marchetta67]

That's not a food forest. It's a permaculture farm. Totally different. A food forest is a 7-layer farming forest. While, permaculture is designed to farm w/o consuming resources. However, a food forest is a subset of permaculture. Hope that makes sense.

[widows80]

@TheGregH67 Why would you begrudge people making a living in a positive way? There is a huge demand for permacultural teaching, and teachers who can inspire and inform people about this complex subject are few and far between. If you want to teach yourself about permaculture there are countless resources available on the net, but many people prefer to learn in a more structured environment such as a PDC. Buy the Designers Manual, its cost is incompatible with its value...

[ThanksgivingWalk]

What a great, fullfilling life you must live and to have your significant other support you, awesome! Thanks so much for sharing both your success' and "lessons learned" with us. You're not crazy - you're inspiring. Also thanks to Permascience for uploading another great video.

TGW - USA - Louisiana

P.S.

How about an update?

[spikeslawson]

@lifeseeker51 Ok, so you're at a high elevation and it's dry. Are your raised beds set up on Sepp Holzer basis? I'm in NW Montana and thinking about using Sepp's ideas as a starting place so I can experiment from there.