The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic
The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic
NR | 02 June 2014 (USA)
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This feature-length educational film teaches you how to set up your own permaculture orchard at virtually any scale. We recognize the limitations of the organic model as a substitute to conventional fruit growing, and want to propose a more holistic, regenerative approach based on permaculture principles. Based on 20 years of applied theory and trial and error, biologist and educator Stefan Sobkowiak shares his experience transforming a conventional apple orchard into an abundance of biodiversity that virtually takes care of itself. The concepts, techniques and tips presented in this film will help you with your own project, whether it is just a few fruit trees in your urban backyard, or a full-scale multi-acre commercial orchard.

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Colibel

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Matialth

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Myron Clemons

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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Nayan Gough

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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simonbenjamin25

This film is an excellent study on growing fruit in a modern permacultural way. Stefan does not necessarily have all the answers but his 20 year long experiment is uncovering a way to grow fruit not only organically, but in true harmony with nature. His use on nitrogen fixers and an understory of herbs and flowers, mimics a natural woodland, and relies on the plants themselves to recycle nutrients within the forest garden, minimising intervention of the gardener. His use of mulch also reduces weeding. Whilst you can no doubt produce more with lots of chemical sprays and barrows of fertiliser, this system costs far less, is more in tune with the environment, and best of all produces a truly healthy product. The film is also fun and engaging, and the music wonderfully whimsical. Cannot recommend highly enough would love to give it 11 stars :)

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jmsinnz

This is the best permaculture film I've ever seen, both from a content and film quality perspective. I would recommend this film to anyone who is interested in designing a permaculture orchard or food forest, whether for commercial or private use.Stefan recognises the limitations of the organic model as a substitute to conventional fruit growing, and proposes a more holistic, regenerative approach based on permaculture principles. Based on 20 years of applied theory and trial and error, biologist and educator Stefan Sobkowiak shares his experience of transforming a conventional apple orchard into an abundance of biodiversity that virtually takes care of itself. The concepts, techniques and tips presented in this film will help you with your own project, whether it is just a few fruit trees in your urban backyard, or a full-scale multi-acre commercial orchard. This is the how-to film for creating your own commercial scale permaculture orchard. Stefan Sobkowiak brings a wonderfully personable approach to this film, and will make you smile from time to time as he goes through oooodles of practical information, presented clearly, in a way that can only come from direct experience.

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