Geoff Lawton From Prairie to Monoculture

[Shemaya]

Hey Austin!

Thanks for the video, it was a really good one to get a whole view of what he teaches. I loved the little papoose he walked around with, the child was just chattering away as Geoff talked.

I really liked the wildness of the land, so much is left to nature, and they are working in partnership with Nature. With both the plants and animals, the whole ecosystem works together and supports Life holistically. The animals "mow" (eat the grass) and help prepare the soil with manure and scratching ( of the chickens). This lessens the work for the human, less need for tilling or machinery to get food production. There is production on multiple layers vertically and horizontally. Large nut and fruit trees, root veggies and pumpkins that climb around the tree trunks, fields of kitchen veggies. The part where he pointed out the cherry tomatoes, that was awesome. The chickens ate the cherry tomatoes the prior season, the next year the whole field grew cherry tomato plants....so cool. The humans will harvest the tomatoes and all they had to do was feed the chickens while they free- ranged.

The animals provide food, eggs, milk, meat. And they are given a home and purpose. It could be done vegetarian style too, just using the eggs and dairy. A local permaculture farm near me just acquired sheep which they may use for wool. alpacas are another animal which are sheared for wool. I imagine as we progress to 4d society, the animals will no longer be used for meat.

Great video! I have a small property and want to create a food forest and sustainable food system hopefully starting this spring. It will be really cool to watch it evolve. The OCMD ( obsessive compulsive mowing disorder) will have to be cured or curbed though!