I found this to be a great article on the way knowledge of the land is important. Indigenous wisdom being rekindled again.
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"The concept of food forests harkens back to Indigenous forest gardens: large areas of woodland in which growth was managed using burning, pruning, soil amendment and other techniques to allow a suite of edible native plants to grow. Many still stand today in the Pacific Northwest and British Colombia as living proof of the sophisticated land-use and agricultural practices employed by Coast Salish tribes. "
"Forest gardens don’t just provide sustenance, either — they also come with major ecological benefits.... Food forests fundamentally change ecosystems and make them more productive."
"Research showed one of the keys behind forest gardens was their variety: many different trees, shrubs, herbs, and roots were all grown together, each supporting a different niche in the ecosystem. “Every single layer of that forest is occupied, and occupied well,” "
Food forests create a ‘sense of place’ for Bellingham college students | Cascadia Daily News
One walk in the woods behind Western Washington University’s Outback Farm is enough to show it’s no ordinary forest. The usual tall firs give way to smaller ...
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"The concept of food forests harkens back to Indigenous forest gardens: large areas of woodland in which growth was managed using burning, pruning, soil amendment and other techniques to allow a suite of edible native plants to grow. Many still stand today in the Pacific Northwest and British Colombia as living proof of the sophisticated land-use and agricultural practices employed by Coast Salish tribes. "
"Forest gardens don’t just provide sustenance, either — they also come with major ecological benefits.... Food forests fundamentally change ecosystems and make them more productive."
"Research showed one of the keys behind forest gardens was their variety: many different trees, shrubs, herbs, and roots were all grown together, each supporting a different niche in the ecosystem. “Every single layer of that forest is occupied, and occupied well,” "
