The 5 Rules of Farm Scale Permaculture Design

Regenerative farmer Takota Coen uses examples from his farm to explain the 5 rules of permaculture design applied on a farm scale. Takota's farm showcases intelligent application of the 5 rules on his permaculture farm located in Central Alberta, Canada

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0:17 Companion planting
2:10 Swath grazing
7:18 Design 5 Rules for combining ingredients that are sufficient, effective, & ethical
11:48 Rule 1: Any need of an element in your system that the element can’t get itself, results in work

12:09 Rule 2: Any yield of an element in your system that cannot be used by the system, results in pollution

12:33 An element is a plant, animal, or structure. They hall have needs and yields
13:17 Rule 3 Every element should serve multiple functions
15:42 Rule 4: Every function is served by multiple elements
16:44 Rule 5: If you break any of the first four rules, drudgery results, and drudgery is punishment for stupidity, and it’s YOUR fault.

16:56 The goal of design is . . .
17:41 Design applied to duckweed harvesting
18:14 Pond design and management
19:35 Duckweed: Why and how
22:33 Nutrient analysis results
24:51 Duckweed Discovery
26:38 Design causes the “this sucks” criteria to change!
27:18 Design concepts explain the fall of Rome, decline in fossil fuels, and why exponential growth is not sustainable.

28:45 Exponential growth
30:01 Book by Jeffrey West
“Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies”
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31:22 When do organisms move in and out of an environment?
33:39 Cattails and phosphorus, free fertilizer?
35:52 “The Wolves of Chernobyl”
36:52 Monk Pipe - A water management device
Takotas website
https://www.coenfarm.ca/
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In less than 10 years, Rob & Michelle Avis left Calgary’s oil fields and retooled his engineering career to help clients and students design integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste and food, all while supporting local economy and regenerating the land. He’s now leading the next wave of permaculture education, teaching career-changing professionals to become eco-entrepreneurs with successful regenerative businesses. Learn more and connect with Rob & Michelle at https://vergepermaculture.ca/

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