Permaculture and Transitioning Industrial Agriculture Systems

Darren Doherty, permaculture designer, discusses ways that permaculture can provide a set of design tools to transition to more regenerative farms connected to local food systems. As Darren says, the ultimate measure of a healthy farm is the ability to provide food and fiber while building soil.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• permaculture
• local
• food
• systems
• transitioning
• industrial
• agriculture
• oberlin
• new
• agrarian
• center

[JamesTyreeII]

@Noz7777 I do not see the accreditation model as appropriate for this.

[Noz7777]

@JamesTyreeII

Well, I am talking with a guy in Australia who is trying to get the science of it pinned down and I don't think it's ready to go yet. When I say it isn't ready to go yet, what I mean is that the science is not ready for an accreditation scheme, assuming the costs must be relatively low.

[JamesTyreeII]

@Noz7777 If we can increase the soil carbon to 5% we can undo all the carbon dioxide emissions since the end of the beginning of the industrial age. Not only does Darren talk about this in other videos here on YouTube, but Joel Salatin also talks about it. watch all those videos and you'll glean the answer as I have as well as learn from some really smart people who have done it.

[Noz7777]

Darren is also involved with Yeoman's - what does he think the timeline for soil carbon farming is? Implicit within this question is how good the accounting is, demonstrating the carbon sink over time.