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The Story:
Many ancient cultures attempted to design agricultural systems based around the natural strengths and needs of plants. For example, the Iroquois always grew the “Three Sisters” together – beans, corn and squash. The corn provides a natural pole, enabling the bean vines to grow higher. The bean plants release nitrogen into the soil, allowing the growth of the following year’s corn crop. The squash vines act as a living mulch, maintaining the moisture in the earth.
Today, it’s common to see farms where plants are grown in monoculture, all in lines of the same plant together. It looks very well-organised, but without the right kind of chaos, or the right kind of interplay between different plants and animals, the soil soon becomes infertile, and so farmers are constantly playing a game of catch-up with the land they struggled so hard to tame.
In this interview, Kurt talks with Kenny Palurintano about how various types of plants and animals can work together to create a sustainable garden, and even self-sustaining gardens, providing enough for humans and for other beings on this planet. Kenny mentions other indigenous cultures carefully selected the crops that they placed together, to increase their harmony. By using food forests modelled on natural systems, we can create something which provides an outstanding level of abundance. We also talk about some of Kenny’s adventures, travelling around the US by hitchhiking, and how he subtly plants the seeds of liberty into the minds of people he meets.
Remember to press the like button on Kenny’s Facebook page and check out his website, Kenny’s Conscious Kitchen.
The Eps:
Episode 73 – Anarchist Adventurer Kenny Palurintano
The Links:
Kenny’s Conscious Kitchen on Facebook
Greening the Desert II – Turning a desert in Jordan into a self-sustaining lush food forest
Indian man single-handledly plants a 1,360 acre forest