Designing Resilient, Low-Maintenance Food Forests with Permaculture Maestro Chad Johnson

This episode is a conversation with Chad Johnson who is a master ecosystem and edible forest garden designer. He has spent over two decades designing Food Forests and Water Landscapes worldwide. His early days as an ecosystem designer were spent studying under Sepp Holzer, a legendary permaculturist from Austria who chose Chad to be his protege.

Since then Chad has spent over two decades designing Food Forests and Water Ways with a focus on resilient, low-maintenance growing systems that incorporate biodynamic and regenerative farming principles.

Episode Overview:

How Chad got started as an edible ecosystem designerCreating diverse habitats that will attract a host of flora and fauna to your landUnique ways of dealing with deer and other critters who tend to plunder gardensTurning deserts into green oases that are able to produce a plentiful harvestBuilding edible ecosystems on small acreageStrengthening local communities by introducing more food forestsListener questions that were sent in

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