Based on 20 years of applied theory and trial and error, biologist and educator stefan sobkowiak shares his experience transforming a conventional apple orchard into an abundance of biodiversity that virtually takes care of itself. A visually appealing film that delivers at both the environmental and economic level, while. And why organic is good, but creating a polyculture is a lot better. Here is how you make a living from a 4 acre permaculture. Beyond organic education, innovation and production to bring back the wow into real food. Inspired by permaculture principles, the orchard now counts over 100 cultivars of apples, plus several types of plums, pears, cherries, and countless other fruits and vegetables. It makes even more sense to put up a wire strand for training if you are already investing in a frost. Beyond organic is a featurelength educational film that will. Monica ibacache, ceo and founder of beyond organic design, is a community organizer and ecological designer based in new york city. As with many models i have described before, miracle farm is located relatively close to the target market, in this case close to the millionanda. A full length documentary film about the largest permaculture orchard in eastern north america and on the future of fruit growing. Miracle farms is the largest and the most developed example of a commercial permaculture orchard in eastern north america. Stefan started out his journey purchasing a conventional nonorganic orchard.
Beyond organic is a featurelength educational film that will teach you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at any scale. Permaculture is a design science based on the observation and replication of patterns and relationships found in nature. Production from the farm is sold to 3080 member families with the short term goal of reaching 100 families. A fulllength educational film to give you the tools to establish your own permaculture orchard at. Overall, i enjoyed the film and found it full of helpful, lowinput and low maintenance methods of propagating and maintaining diversity in an orchard. Olivier asselin is raising funds for the permaculture orchard. The permaculture orchard movie is an excellent resource for a home gardener who is looking to branch into some backyard orchard growing. Start a permaculture orchard using the nap method mother. Miracle farms is a 12acre property located in quebecs western monteregie region, in.
Episode1415 stefan sobkowiak on the permaculture orchard. Beyond organic movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section. Beautiful, full of hardwon information, humble, practical. Free wallpapers download of the permaculture orchard. My phone does not pick up sound at a distance very. Following the release of the film the permaculture orchard. Beyond organic is a featurelength educational film that will teach you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at any. Recognizing the limitations of the organic model as a substitute to conventional fruit growing, this film proposes a more holistic, regenerative approach based on permaculture principles. Recently with film maker olivier asselin, he released a dvd the permaculture orchard. Beyond organic s forum section lastly, i want to specify that i claim no authorship or any credits at all for what follows, its all from elsewhere and only 2 or 3 of the questions are actually mine. His orchard is an inspiration and the fruits are delicious.
First, he cooks up a fresh omelet from the farm, then we explore how a. Harvest time tour of the permaculture orchard with stefan sobkowiak. If you want to learn more about miracle farms, the orchard where this film was shot and which served as an inspiration for the project, you can watch this 9minute video shot in september. Beyond organic 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The property is 12acres in size with approximately 4 acres planted in a permaculture style orchard. Posted on august 28, 2014 by modern survival august 28, 2014. Permaculture practical solutions beyond sustainability.
Beyond organic is an upcoming full length educational film that will teach you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at any scale. Recently with film maker olivier asselin, stefan released a dvd called the permaculture orchard. This film is an excellent study on growing fruit in a modern permacultural way. This featurelength educational film teaches you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at virtually any scale. The concepts, techniques and tips presented in this film will help you with your own project, whether it is just a few fruit trees in your urban backyard, or a fullscale. Starting in 2007, five acres have been converted to a permacultureinspired upick orchard.
An avid gardener growing up with her grandparents in chile, she continued to grow food while living in southeast alaska, and later as a certified permaculture designer in the united states. If you have any questions for stefan, especially after watching the movie. You can find more informations on the content of the tour at miracle. What everybody should know about profitable permaculture. Inhabit is a documentary film project that aims to expand the reach and relatability of permaculture. Beyond organic, a featurelength educational film that teaches how to set up your own permaculture orchard on any scale. Harvest time tour of the permaculture orchard with stefan. Documentary based on 20 years of applied theory and trial and error, biologist and educator stefan sobkowiak shares his experience transforming a conventional apple orchard into an abundance of. How you make a living from a 4 acre permaculture orchard.
A documentary film introducing permaculture designing a world where people and planet can thrive. The concepts, techniques and tips presented in this film will help you with your own project, whether it is just a few fruit trees in your urban backyard, or a full scale. Recognizing the limitations of the organic model as a substitute. The permaculture orchard converting an organic orchard. Beyond organic is a full length educational film that will give you the tools necessary to get started on your own project, whether its a multiacre commercial orchard. The farm was originally developed as a commercial monoculture apple orchard, transitioned to organic upon purchase in 1993, and certified organic in 1996. Fall harvest time tour of miracle farms, also known as the permaculture orchard.