This video covered so much more than other much more popular channels offer... Keep it going! Quality will prevail eventually... Not only he shows recently established agroforestry systems, but results of years into it... Finally I would like to say that I'd appreciate if I could see more videos of this guy-seems as he could teach us some more.
Hey thanks I appreciate it. I am working on something now a little longer format. I appreciate the encouragement. John does a lot of interviews about agroforestry, here is a link to a different video he was featured in: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FUnrkyTvDhc.html
Looking forward to hearing more about how collaborative cooperation can allow this model to be implemented on a large enough scale to compete with massive industrial farming.
Volcanic soils, no leaf-cutter ants, flatland...sounds like paradise to me. On another note what happened to the poster? I would've liked to listen to the podcast too. Hope she's OK.
Hi Felise, Thanks for sharing. John, I am so impressed you raised your chickens entirely from the farm for the first six months. I have a permaculture farm here in Panama and have tried many times to do this but have not succeeded. Are you able to maintain the entire chicken life cycle from the farm production or do you switch to purchased feed at six months? Same question for the pigs, do they live entirely off the farm? I have implemented a rotational a taro pasture pig system here and my pigs live entirely off the farm with the exception of a soy meal protein supplement. I havnn't been able to grow enough protein to meet their minimal requirement. Have you?
I imagine pigs could live on mac nuts and coconut for the most part. Tahitian chestnut, cutnut, and pili nut would be great also. Mulberry and pigeon pea would be high protein foods for either animal.
The chickens do get switched over to organic feed after they mature past six months, however they are treated daily with fallen fruit that won't make it onto our table. The pigs are living fully off the farm and eating mostly kitchen scraps and fallen fruit.
Blech, stopped watching when he started talking about keeping those animals. Not only exploitative (yes, even grandma's backyard chickens), but it does not even remotely contribute to regenerating the soil the same way just maintaining a proper cover and plant biomass for the soil microbiome does.
