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Food Forest Zones

We're converting traditional fields into self-sustaining, organic food forests which are mixed gardens consisting of fruit and nut trees, veggies, berries, and companion plants that grow on mounds that have been landscaped to direct and retain water.

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What Is a Food Forest?

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A food forest is a garden modeled on a natural forest, but designed to produce food. The land is landscaped by following its natural contours to build berms and swales that capture water, then layered with fruit trees, berries, veggies, and companion plants that work together like a real ecosystem. The result is a self-fertilizing growing area that needs far less manual labour, irrigation, and additives than traditional tilled fields.

Learn how to start a food forest.

Water Management

Our food forest zones follow the land's natural contours, shaping berms (mounds) and swales (ditches) to capture and hold water on site.

Diverse Planting

Planting takes place on the berms and includes fruit and nut trees, berries, veggies, companion plants, and ground cover, all working together.

Regenerative Approach

The goal is to increase productivity and crop resilience while reducing water consumption and eliminating chemical fertilizers and hazardous inputs.

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