Hi Everyone,

I'm a newbie at permaculture but learning.  Does anyone have ideas or know of anyone producing commercially using a true permaculture design/thought process.  It seems with the proper planning/design that model would slowly become less dependent on inputs and effort that could eventually produce abundance.  I thought this would be an interesting topic.

Thx 

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I think you are right about needing less input as the system matures. Toby Hemenway's book Gaia's Garden has a number of case studies of profitable permaculture farms and the book itself is focused on how to do just that, though it is geared for a plot of only a few acres.

In a different direction, Will Allen's Growing Power aquaponics operation produces 1 million pounds of food on three acres, though it is technically a nonprofit organization, it could be easily run as a for profit.

Paul Wheaton routinely interviews profitable farmers doing various forms of permaculture.

Hope that helps, good luck!

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