the ONLY Food Forest video you need to watch (syntropic agroforestry) / NZ

This video was the video I needed 5 years ago when I first started learning about permaculture. It combines a lot if not all of the best principles and practices from all my favorite permaculture pioneers without all the guru jargon. I love it. Once I have a property and can start my own system I will definitely be pulling this video up again!

i'm brazilian, i'm proud that you are teaching to everyone the Ernest Gotsch's system.

"you WANT to make small mistakes as quickly as possible".. what a great life lesson.. ;8)

I’m in a local food forest permaculture group here in Texas - this video just explained concisely and clearly the concepts it takes folks months to learn on their own. I appreciate your breadth of knowledge and that you’re willing to take the time to share it with others.

I'm in Southern California and have great interest in developing a few acres of family owned property into a Noah's Arch of fruit trees. I'm so glad your video popped up on my timeline, I gained lots of good information from you presentation and the least I can do is drop a like and leave you the appreciative comment you deserve!

Fairly basic yet high impact concepts that most, myself in particular, would have otherwise overlooked, start small and build on it. Great advice! Thank you.

Good job Byron! I had a permaculture farm in the middle of the Shawnee National forest in S. IL. My garden and food forest was only around 2.5 ac. The rest of my property consisted of ponds and horse pasture. Even on such a small farm we had more production than we could ever use. We have since moved back to a small- to mid-sized town the S. Appalachians. I plan to build up my permaculture farm at my residence in the town and at a small property that we will buy outside of town. We feel that urban and suburban permaculture farms in small- to medium-sized towns are the way to go. You are close to markets, labor, potential students and potential clients and there is more opportunity to influence people as more people will actually see what you are doing and get to experience for themselves the successful alternative ecologically-based lifestyle that you can provide for them. That’s our focus now. Food forests on small farms, community gardens and small suburban and urban properties. Having a smaller property means less maintenance and more time to design, teach, write and consult. You don’t need a huge tract of land to do this. You just need good design, fertile soil, available water and sunlight — all of which is easier to achieve on a small holding.

Great stuff! This approach is perfect to pair with electro and magneto culture. I bought my home almost a year ago and finally have opportunity to transform a bit of the world into a functional edible yardening hobby. Truly appreciate the knowledge and perspective to get started.

I'm an aspiring court reporter/stenographer/closed captionist. I cannot tell you how thankful I am for all of the challenging vocabulary. This is a weird thank you, but thank you! Interesting video!

Your clarification of terms, and you listing the plants that you have used is incredibly valuable to me. Thank you very much.

I am in Nebraska started off with some fruit trees, chestnut and thornless honey locust last year. This year adding hazelnut, more chestnut and after watching this video I am going to try to get some divisions of the goose berries that grow rampantly in my area, maybe some elderberry and mulberry as well since those are all local ecotype that I can multiply off my land. Thanks for the video! Gotta figure out what I am going to do for herbaceous material to support the tree lines now.

Awww. These Videos are food for the Soul. Lifts the Spirits and reminds us , It’s all connected.

Thank you Byron for your support and all the positive input. Your teachings changed my perspective on Permaculture to another level. SAF

Great video! It's unbelievable what you've achieved in such a short space of time. Well done!

I should have found the video like this six years ago. I will start doing what I have learned from you from this rainy season. The most beautiful part is that your food forest is full of the kind of food trees we grow in our land. Thank you for sharing. Big heart from Thailand

So thankful I found your channel! I’ve been casually researching permaculture the last 2-3 years but this past year I’ve realized I need to take it more seriously and truly learn all I can to successfully steward a food forest system for not just me but my community.

Epic Video !! Very Sharp and Solid , Pura Vida to that Food Forest inspiring other food forest around the world

One of the more elegantly presented descriptions of syntropic that I've seen. Lots of great practical tips. Much appreciated.

thank you byron for simplifying syntropic farming. you are an inspiration

Absolute beginner here, little to no formal bio background, looking to pivot from engineering eventually. The ways you’ve presented these concepts are clear and exciting. Feeling hopeful, thanks!