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A good friend of mine recently told me about the concepts from the Ringing Cedars book series - about a Siberian woman called Anastasia, her remarkable existence and her profound insights into life and a deeper purpose that mainstream humanity has long left...

By Matt Downie True efficiency is to do only what’s required to achieve optimal results. So what are optimal results? Getting clear about what we really want to accomplish is the only way that we can have measurable outcomes to assess the efficiency of our actions....

Just as animals inhabit all natural ecosystems, fulfilling unique mobile niches amongst the plants and contributing to the ongoing fertility, seed dispersal, vegetation management and overall species balance.  Animals have also been essential components of...

For most of human history it was self-evident, that Nature is the producer of all food, fibre, timber and medicine yields that we depend upon for survival. Consider how obvious this was to people who lived primarily through hunting and gathering. Even today many...

During periods of prolonged drought a number of key landscape indicators become more apparent and these can greatly assist you to make better decisions on the productive uses of your land and to make better provisions for future drought events. Most notably, can you...

  With this foundation of perennial crops you can create a resilient and fail safe range of gourmet, nutritious foods that will provide you with most of your staple food needs throughout the year, with very little ongoing effort. Let’s have a look at some of the...

What is the true measure of efficiency when it comes to growing food organically? Given that nature is the achiever of all yields and we rely entirely on natural processes in organic farming, we can gain deeper insights into efficient production from observing...

The Zen farm Vision, Is of a thriving dynamic and diverse productive ecosystem, embodying the perfect human habitat where organic foods grow all year round, all ecological niches are filled with useful and productive species. Founded upon optimized conditions for...