The resilient farm and homestead : an innovative permaculture and whole systems design approach /
Falk, Ben
The resilient farm and homestead : an innovative permaculture and whole systems design approach / Ben Falk - 04 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas, graficas, tablas
ej.1: Consumo
Chapter one: Creating a positive legacy while adaptating to rapid change -- Chapter two: The design process and site establishment -- Chapter three: Water and earthworks -- Chapter four: Fertility harvesting and cycling -- Chapter five: food crops -- Chapter six: adaptative fuel and shelter -- Chapter seven: Resilience and regeneration for the long haul -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Assessing resiliency aptitude quiz -- Appendix B: A resilient home curriculum outline -- Appendix C: Crucial skill list for emergencies -- Appendix D: Tools and materials -- Appendix E: Homestead vulnerability checklist and strategy summary to reduce vulnerability in acute events -- Appendix F: Vocabulary and concepts -- Appendix G: Resources -- Index.
The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition.
The book covers nearly every strategy Falk and his team have been testing at the Whole Systems Research Farm over the past decade, as well as experiments from other sites Falk has designed through his off-farm consulting business. The book includes detailed information on earthworks; gravity-fed water systems; species composition; the site-design process; site management; fuelwood hedge production and processing; human health and nutrient-dense production strategies; rapid topsoil formation and remineralization; agroforestry/silvopasture/grazing; ecosystem services, especially regarding flood mitigation; fertility management; human labor and social-systems aspects; tools/equipment/appropriate technology; and much more, complete with gorgeous photography and detailed design drawings.
978-1603584449
Permacultura
Ecología agrícola
Agricultura sustentable
Buenas prácticas agrícolas
631.58 / F35 2013
The resilient farm and homestead : an innovative permaculture and whole systems design approach / Ben Falk - 04 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas, graficas, tablas
ej.1: Consumo
Chapter one: Creating a positive legacy while adaptating to rapid change -- Chapter two: The design process and site establishment -- Chapter three: Water and earthworks -- Chapter four: Fertility harvesting and cycling -- Chapter five: food crops -- Chapter six: adaptative fuel and shelter -- Chapter seven: Resilience and regeneration for the long haul -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Assessing resiliency aptitude quiz -- Appendix B: A resilient home curriculum outline -- Appendix C: Crucial skill list for emergencies -- Appendix D: Tools and materials -- Appendix E: Homestead vulnerability checklist and strategy summary to reduce vulnerability in acute events -- Appendix F: Vocabulary and concepts -- Appendix G: Resources -- Index.
The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition.
The book covers nearly every strategy Falk and his team have been testing at the Whole Systems Research Farm over the past decade, as well as experiments from other sites Falk has designed through his off-farm consulting business. The book includes detailed information on earthworks; gravity-fed water systems; species composition; the site-design process; site management; fuelwood hedge production and processing; human health and nutrient-dense production strategies; rapid topsoil formation and remineralization; agroforestry/silvopasture/grazing; ecosystem services, especially regarding flood mitigation; fertility management; human labor and social-systems aspects; tools/equipment/appropriate technology; and much more, complete with gorgeous photography and detailed design drawings.
978-1603584449
Permacultura
Ecología agrícola
Agricultura sustentable
Buenas prácticas agrícolas
631.58 / F35 2013