Around the globe most people get their calories from "annual" agriculture - plants that grow fast for one season, produce lots of seeds, then die. Every single human society that has relied on annual... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Shepard provides an accessible yet in depth introduction to permaculture as a concept, why is needed, and how to apply it over large areas. This isn't techniques that only work on an acre homestead, this is how to make permaculture work as an ongoing system that could replace our current system of resource intensive annual cropping, and how current farmers can transition from their own annual systems to perennial systems to reduce their yearly input costs and improve their soil health, productivity, and resilience in a changing climate and economy. Incredible read for anyone, required reading for anyone looking to apply permaculture at scale!
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