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@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ Permaculture principles inspire our overall farm design which results in an inte
* Elements in the system serve multiple functions: For example, plants in the chick food forest provide chick forage, nutrient-mining for fruit tree over-story crops, pollen and nectar for pollinators and medicine and edibles for people.
* Bi-products of one process serve as inputs for other processes. Whey, a bi-product of making goat cheese, is used to ferment the grain we feed to the chickens, improving digestibility of the grain and providing additional protein and minerals.
* We prioritize perennials over annuals: Perennial systems can minimize soil disturbance and fossil fuel use and release of carbon dioxide associated with tillage and have an increased potential to sequester carbon. Over 95% of the crops and pollinator plants we cultivate are perennials.
* Provide on-site fertility and nutrient cycling: Dynamic accumulators such as comfrey and docks mine the subsoil for minerals which they deposit on the surface providing nutrition for over-story crops. Chickens and goats will eat the high-protein comfrey growing underneath the trees in our budding chestnut and elderberry silvopasture, depositing their manure which fertilizes the trees, stimulates nutrient and carbon cycling and reduces the dependence on store-bought feed.
* Provide on-site fertility and nutrient cycling: Dynamic accumulators such as comfrey and docks mine the subsoil for minerals which they deposit on the surface providing nutrition for over-story crops. Chickens and goats will eat the high-protein comfrey growing underneath the trees in our budding chestnut and elderberry silvopasture, depositing their manure which fertilizes the trees, stimulates nutrient and carbon cycling and reduces the dependence on store-bought feed.
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