THE PERMACULTURE FARM (PROFITABLE/ECOLOGICAL/BEAUTIFUL) S4 ● E3

Richard Perkins is a globally recognised leader in the field of Regenerative Agriculture and is the owner of Europe’s foremost example, Ridgedale Farm, Sweden. He is the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture, regarded as one of the most comprehensive books in the literature, as well as Ridgedale Farm Builds.

His approach to no-dig market gardening and pastured poultry, as well as his integration of Holistic Management, Keyline Design and Farm-Scale Permaculture in profitable small-scale farming has influenced a whole new generation of farmers across the globe. Garnering more than 15 million views on his blog, and teaching thousands globally through his live training at the farm and online, Richard continues to inspire farmers all over the globe with his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.

[lesliehollands]

Some people are just super humans. It's quite incredible what you've accomplished.

[rpark]

It's so inspiring to see a food system that's working so well and is almost the polar opposite of where main stream agriculture is at the moment with its monoculture specialisation . I'm making changes on my own farm and this sort of practical information is worth a lot.

[normawingo]

It’s wonderful. Maybe the world will catch on.

[PermacultureHomestead]

thanks for this, im building a project site and got some good info from this presentation.

[squarecracker]

I was just thinking of doing futures contracts in a polycultural farm. Absolutely brilliant place.

[cherrytreepermaculture]

The mind boggles at what you have accomplished there in only 3 years. Did you intern at a farm first to learn all these skills?

[marshallsuber]

Sir; I was lucky enough to find your channel by way of a Swedish Homestead link. We thought if he likes your work we should also.A new subscriber in New Orleans. Looking forward to your posts.

[matthewallen]

Very inspirational what you are doing. I am hoping to undertake something similar in the near future in Australia

[C.Hawkshaw]

I asked my husband once what the difference was in automobile design between Germany, United States, and Japan. He said the Germans plan everything completely before they start, the Americans do a lot of trial and error, the Japanese look at both the German and U.S. cars, see what has worked and what sells, and copy it. In watching organic permaculture videos from those three countries, I see something similar happens.

[sandervanstee]

You promote the Keyline design but when I research the benefits I can only find anecdotal evidence supporting it. I read one article that describes a study and showed no improvement apart from increased number of worms. Do you have any hard evidence supporting the Keyline design?

[joemeyers]

Richard,
you might try Kanza pecan--It is a paper shell Northern variety
good luck

[virginiarichter]

Very inspiring indeed. Are you measuring how much carbon is being sequesterd, by fancy machines or just by measuing the number of cms of black soil? If it's increasing, you are sequestering carbon and reversing climate change.

[BioGartenReich]

Wow I'm amazed. You are a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing!

[patrickshock]

How did you finance your farm in the beginning, did you buy it outright or took out loans?

[andrewboddy]

Define 'resilience'... a bullet-proof greenhouse !

Greetings from Värmdö.

[Bigz]

Fantastic work! Inspiring project, would love to come working and learning one day in the future!

[alidamiller]

Thanks Richard - a really valuable overview of the principles and practices employed to establish and ethically operate a regenerative multi-enterprise small farm. Great work Ridgedale team!

[quantumb]

Awesome! Really inspirational ;0) Thank you :0)

[jamesalanstephensmith]

What cold hardy grapes did you use, please?

[Alexandergardsedh]

Great video Richard!
I notice your annual beds are on contour. JM Fortier strongly argues against that because flash floods flushes away organic matter from annual beds, especially when they are bare in spring. What are your thoughts on his view?