Permaculture Mochizuki Permaculture Res...

Permaculture Mochizuki was set up in 2020 as a loose association in order to promote and spread: - regenerative farming practices specifically designed for the small-scale, low energy production of top-quality, high-value vegetables, herbs and cereals - permaculture land-management techniques highly-applicable to the satoyama environment of Nagano prefecture, Japan - permaculture social systems for facilitating access to land, distributing wealth, and encouraging self-sufficiency. Permaculture Mochizuki aims to also serve as a centre for: - seed exchanges - mutual help with setting up ecological and sustainable food production systems - the development of a non-political, alternative society - the sharing of all forms of documentation on and guides to all of the above. Permaculture Mochizuki was set up in 2020 as a loose association in order to promote and spread: regenerative farming practices specifically designed for the small-scale, low energy production of top-quality, high-value vegetables, herbs and cereals; permaculture land-management techniques highly-applicable to the satoyama environment of Nagano prefecture, Japan; and permaculture social systems for facilitating access to land, distributing wealth, and encouraging self-sufficiency. Permaculture Mochizuki aims to also serve as a centre for: -seed exchanges -mutual help with setting up ecological and sustainable food production systems -the development of a non-political, alternative society -the sharing of all forms of documentation on and guides to all of the above The Site Situated on roughly one and a half hectares of former rice paddies and forest, the Permaculture Mochizuki Research Farm & Demonstration Site is spread out over roughly a dozen terraced fields and some four mountain slopes. Abandoned and unwanted due to relative distance from the valley below and unsuitability for modern-style industrial, large machine-based farming, the land was in poor shape: cove