When you’re seeking advice, or you want to learn something, why not go straight to the top and learn from people who succeeded in exactly what you want to do.
If you want to start a profitable permaculture farm there are people out there who already proven what works. Permaculture is all about copying nature so why not copy what already works for others.
I thought it would be helpful to create a page that you can always come to for a reference of models you can follow. I’ll add to it as I learn more. Enjoy!
Urban/Suburban Homescale
Paradise Lot/Food Forest Farm: Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates – 1/10 acre suburban backyard
Homestead Scale
Whole Systems Design: Ben Falk – 10 acre farmstead
Melliodora: David Holmgren – 2-acre homestead in a small rural township
Small Farm and Commercial Operation
Miracle Farms: Stefan Sobkowiak – 5 acre commercial permaculture orchard
Les Jardins de LaGrelinette: Jean-Martin Fortier – 1.5 acre market garden
Medium scale farm
Food Forest: Annemarie and Graham Brookman – 37 acre permaculture farm and learning centre
Broadacre Scale Farm
New Forest Farm: Mark Shepard – 100 broad acre silvopasture farm
Versaland: Grant Schultz– 145-acre farm, laboratory and homestead