Permaculture Can Help Farmers Produce More Food

Small-scale farmers produce food for 70% of the global population. Yet, they are some of the world's poorest and most food insecure people. Alternatives to conventional farming should be embraced to improve subsistence farmers' yields and to ensure adequate food production for the growing global population. The stark reality, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, is that the world needs to produce more food with fewer resources.

Beyond sustainability: permaculture and polyculture

by Paul Wheaton

So this is me presenting in Missoula, Montana and taking questions from the audience.

I can’t remember what the question was, but I start off talking about sustainability. Sustainable is a word that means barely not dead.

I then attempt to compare permaculture to organic gardening. Talking mostly about […]