Permaculture Productivity 8 Times “Possible”
An Unreasonable.Org post links to an energetic rebuttal of a claim that permaculture is an impractical “hippy dippy, hunter gatherer” farming system.
Quoting permaculturist David Blume on his experience:
“My yields were often 8 times what the USDA claims are possible per square foot. My soil fertility increased dramatically each year so I was not achieving my yields by mining my soil. On the contrary I built my soil from cement-hard adobe clay to its impressive state from scratch….”
April 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
[…] Carson bristles at Borlaug’s dismissal of organic farming. I think Borlaug’s attitude is ridiculous given the urban organic gardening Dervaes family living off a tenth of an acre and other examples such as “Permaculture Productivity 8 Times USDA Possible.” […]